Articles related to ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS)

Right coronary artery stenosis was associated with the highest adjusted risk for sudden cardiac death across a 22,495-patient Finnish angiography registry, with a hazard ratio of 1.53 after accounting for concomitant stenoses and revascularization strategy.

An interventional cardiologist at UCLA Health describes how combined IVUS and near-infrared spectroscopy imaging identified culprit lesions in angiographically ambiguous NSTEMI cases and informed stent landing zone decisions in complex PCI.

A 61-year-old man presenting with chest pain and the de Winter ECG pattern was found on emergency angiography to have proximal left circumflex artery occlusion rather than the classically associated LAD occlusion, representing only the second such case reported in the literature.

“The idea of preserving and reducing thrombosis without increasing bleeding is very, very exciting.” — Roxana Mehran, MD, SCAI 2025

Patients with ACS 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.

Research shows that women account for 50% of MINOCA cases but only 25% of myocardial infarctions due to obstructive coronary artery disease, highlighting the importance of considering this diagnosis in female patients presenting with MI symptoms.