It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

The term acute coronary syndrome (ACS) refers to any group of clinical symptoms
compatible with acute myocardial ischemia and includes unstable angina (UA), non—ST …

The recommendations listed in this CPG are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through October 2012, and other selected …

comprehensive review of the published evidence for management of a given condition
according to ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG) policy. A critical evaluation of …

The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to make recommendations
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular …

Heart failure results not only from cardiac overload or injury but also from a complex
interplay among genetic, neurohormonal, inflammatory, and biochemical changes acting on …

Better biomarkers are urgently needed to improve diagnosis, guide molecularly targeted
therapy and monitor activity and therapeutic response across a wide spectrum of disease …

echocardiogram) may be expected to facilitate the identification of patients with chest pain of
an ischemic etiology (angina). In a patient presenting to the emergency department with …

The management of low-risk patients presenting to emergency departments is a common
and challenging clinical problem entailing 8 million emergency department visits annually …

Background—Cardiac biomarkers are strong predictors of adverse outcomes in several
patient populations. We evaluated the prevalence of elevated troponin I and N-terminal pro …