Emergencies: Acute Coronary Syndrome | Emergency Medicine and Cardiology
Emergency Room · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Una revisión profunda y exhaustiva para la toma de decisiones críticas en el departamento de emergencias. Fisiopatología de la placa vulnerable, análisis vectorial electrocardiográfico, interpretación ultra-precisa de biomarcadores cardíacos y protocolos de reperfusión según las últimas guías internacionales.
What it covers
- Emergencies: Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Concept, Classification and Universal Definitions
- · 1.1 · The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
- Molecular Pathophysiology of Plaque and the Ischemic Cascade
- · 2.1 · Formation, Structure and Vulnerability of the Atheroma Plaque
- · 2.2 · Platelet Activation and Coagulation Cascade
- · 2.3 · The Myocardial Ischemic Cascade
- · 2.4 · Myocardial Stunning vs. Myocardial Hibernation
- Clinical Presentation and Atypical Variants
- · 3.1 · Semiology of Typical Ischemic Chest Pain
- · 3.2 · Ischemic Equivalents and Atypical Variants
- Advanced Electrocardiographic Diagnosis and Equivalent Ischemia
- · 4.1 · Standard Electrocardiographic Criteria for STEACS
- · 4.2 · Anatomical Location of Ischemia according to Derivations
- · 4.3 · Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Bundle Blocks
- · 4.4 · Additional Derivations: Posterior and Right
- · 4.5 · Patterns of Ischemia Equivalent to High Risk STEACS
- Cardiac Biomarkers and Analytical Kinetics
- · 5.1 · High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins (hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI)
- · 5.2 · ESC Quick Diagnostic Algorithms (0h/1h and 0h/2h)
- · 5.3 · Non-Ischemic Causes of Troponin Elevation
- Risk Stratification in NSTEACS
- · 6.1 · Clinical Risk Scales: GRACE 2.0 and TIMI
- · 6.2 · The HEART Scale for the Evaluation of Low Risk Chest Pain
- · 6.3 · Optimal Times for the Invasive Strategy (Coronary angiography) in NSTEACS
- Antithrombotic Pharmacotherapy of the Acute Phase
- · 7.1 · Double Antiplatelet Aggregation (DAPT)
- · 7.2 · Systemic Anticoagulation in the Acute Phase
- · 7.3 · Rescue Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) Inhibitors
- Anti-ischemic, Analgesic and Adjuvant Support Therapy
- · 8.1 · Oxygen therapy
- · 8.2 · Vasodilatory Nitrates
- · 8.3 · Beta Receptor Blockers (Beta-blockers)
- · 8.4 · Pain Treatment: Opiate Analgesia
- · 8.5 · Early High Intensity Statins
- Reperfusion Strategies in STEACS
- · 9.1 · Temporal Strategy Selection Algorithm
- · 9.2 · Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
- · 9.3 · Pharmacological Fibrinolytic Therapy
- · 9.4 · Drug-Invasive Strategy
- Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction
- Electrical, Hemodynamic and Cardiogenic Shock Complications
- · 11.1 · Serious Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Acute Phase
- · 11.2 · Bradycardias and Conduction Disorders
- · 11.3 · Post-Infarction Cardiogenic Shock
- · 11.4 · Right Ventricular Infarction (Flame Right Ventricle)
- Special Coronary Syndromes: MINOCA, SCAD and Takotsubo
- · 12.1 · MINOCA (Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries)
- · 12.2 · Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
- Long-Term Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation
- · 13.1 · Duration of Double Antiplatelet Aggregation (DAPT)
- · 13.2 · Blockade of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Axis (RAAS)
- · 13.3 · Lipid Control and LDL-C Targets
- · 13.4 · Multidisciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
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- Subject
- Emergency Room
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 54
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02