acute coronary syndrome
A term used to describe a group of symptoms caused by myocardial ischemia; includes unstable angina and myocardial infarction.
Acute Coronary Syndrome causes
decline of a once stable atherosclerotic plaque that ruptures, causes platelet aggregation, and thrombus. Results in partial occlusion or total occlusion of coronary artery
thrombus
stationary blood clot
NSTEMI
non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
STEMI
ST elevation myocardial infarction
total occlusion of coronary artery
STEMI
partial occlusion of coronary artery
Unstable angina or NSTEMI
Myocardial Infarction
from sustained ischemia (>20 minutes) that causes irreversible myocardial necrosis.p
off pump coronary artery bypass
procedure uses full or partial sternotomy to enable access to all coronary vessels.
saphenous vein
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