Here are four things to know about the update:
- The guidelines were written and endorsed by the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMS Physicians and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, according to a Feb. 27 news release from the AHA.
- Acute coronary syndromes include chest pain and heart attack resulting from unstable coronary artery cholesterol plaque causes clots to form that reduce or block blood flow to the heart muscle.
- The updated recommendations “reflect the best evidence to support acute coronary syndrome treatment and management, including updated pharmacologic and procedural care,” the release said.
- “Patients with acute coronary syndromes are at the highest risk for cardiovascular complications both acutely and chronically, which emphasizes the importance of staying up-to-date on the most recent evidence presented in this guideline,” Sunil Rao, MD, director of interventional cardiology at New York City-based NYU Langone Health and chair of the guideline writing committee, said in the release.
Read the updated guidelines here.
