TY - JOUR T1 - Contemporary treatment of unstable angina and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (part 1). AU - Sami,Shehzad, AU - Willerson,James T, PY - 2010/4/20/entrez PY - 2010/4/20/pubmed PY - 2010/7/27/medline KW - Acute disease KW - angina pectoris KW - angina, unstable/complications KW - arteriosclerosis/complications/pathology KW - biological markers/blood KW - coronary disease/etiology KW - creatine kinase, MB form/blood KW - disease progression KW - endothelium, vascular KW - models, cardiovascular KW - myocardial infarction/blood/diagnosis KW - risk assessment KW - syndrome KW - troponin I/blood KW - troponin II/blood SP - 141 EP - 8 JF - Texas Heart Institute journal JO - Tex Heart Inst J VL - 37 IS - 2 N2 - In this, the 1st part of a 2-part review, we discuss how plaque rupture is the most common underlying pathophysiologic cause of unstable angina and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction and how early risk stratification is vital in the timely diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndrome. Part 2 of this review (to be published in a later issue of this journal) will focus mainly on the various pharmacologic agents and treatment approaches (early invasive vs early conservative) to the management of unstable angina and non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. SN - 1526-6702 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/20401284/Contemporary_treatment_of_unstable_angina_and_non_ST_segment_elevation_myocardial_infarction__part_1__ L2 - http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=linkout&SEARCH=20401284.ui DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -