Unstable angina pectoris
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Patients with unstable angina can receive different treatments depending on their risk of having a heart attack. Unstable angina is chest pain that occurs at rest or is more severe than usual. Low-risk patients are those without pain during the physical exam who have no ECG changes. These patients can be treated with aspirin and evaluated on an outpatient basis. High-risk patients have persistent chest pain and ECG changes. They should be treated with anticoagulants, drugs that break up blood clots, and even angioplasty if necessary.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2000
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Time to treatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention
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The primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a reperfusion therapy, which improves the chances of survival of a patient by reestablishing blood flow in the infracted artery.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
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