Unstable Angina Pectoris

Yerem Yeghiazarians; Joel B. Braunstein; Arman T. Askari; Peter H. Stone

doi:10.1056/nejm200001133420207

Abstract

Unstable angina accounts for more than 1 million hospital admissions annually1; 6 to 8 percent of patients with this condition have nonfatal myocardial infarction or die within the first year after diagnosis.2,3 Various definitions of unstable angina have been proposed, but in 1989, Braunwald devised a classification system to ensure uniformity of categorization, as well as diagnostic and prognostic information.4 This system is used to classify angina according to the severity of the clinical manifestation, defined as acute angina while at rest (within the 48 hours before presentation), subacute angina while at rest (within the previous month but . . .

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MedicineUnstable anginaAnginaRest (music)Myocardial infarctionCardiologyInternal medicinePresentation (obstetrics)Surgery

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Year: 2000
Type: review
Volume: 342
Issue: 2
Pages: 101-114
Citations: 245
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                                    Yerem Yeghiazarians, 
                                
                                    Joel B. Braunstein, 
                                
                                    Arman T. Askari
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2000). 
                            Unstable Angina Pectoris. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 342
                            (2)
                            , 101-114.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200001133420207
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm200001133420207