PART 10: Disorders of the Cardiovascular System
SECTION 5 Vascular Disease
244 Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
 | Figure 244-1 Algorithm for risk stratification and treatment of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Using the clinical history of the type of pain and medical history, the ECG, and cardiac markers, one can identify patients who have a low likelihood of UA/NSTEMI, for whom a diagnostic "ruleout myocardial infarction... |
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 | Figure 244-2 The TIMI Risk Score for UA/NSTEMI, a simple but comprehensive clinical risk stratification score to identify increasing risk of death, myocardial infarction, or urgent revascularization to day 14. CAD, coronary artery disease; ASA, aspirin. (Adapted from Antman et... |
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 | Figure 244-3 Platelets initiate thrombosis at the site of a ruptured plaque with denuded endothelium: platelet adhesion occurs via (1) the GP 1b receptor in conjunction with von Willebrand factor. This is followed by platelet activation (2), which leads to a shape change of... |
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