DEFINITION Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are lifethreatening conditions that can punctuate the course of patients with coronary artery disease at any time. These syndromes form a continuum that ranges from an unstable pattern of angina pectoris to the development of a large acute myocardial infarction (MI), a condition of irreversible necrosis of heart muscle
UNIVERSAL DEFENITION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
UNIVERSAL DEFINITION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
5 Hospitalizations in the U.S. Due to Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Acute Coronary Syndromes* 1.57 Million Hospital Admissions - ACS UA/NSTEMI † STEMI 1.24 million Admissions per year .33 million Admissions per year Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2007 Update. Circulation 2007; 115:69-171. *Primary and secondary diagnoses. †About 0.57 million NSTEMI and 0.67 million UA .
ATHEROSCLEROSIS TIMELINE
MECHANISMS OF CORONARY THROMBOSIS Lilly. Pathophysiology of Heart Disease, 4th Ed. Lippincott Williams, 2007. Page 171
CONSEQUENCES OF CORONARY THROMBOSIS Lilly. Pathophysiology of Heart Disease, 4th Ed. Lippincott Williams, 2007. Page 173
INITIAL EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
CHEST PAIN
ECG ASSESSMENT
ECG ASSESSMENT ECG manifestations of acute myocardial ischaemia (in absence of LVH and LBBB) ECG changes associated with prior myocardial infarction
COMMON ECG PITFALLS IN DIAGNOSING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Atypical ECG presentations that deserve prompt management in patients with signs and symptoms of ongoing myocardial ischaemia
From: ACCF 2012 Expert Consensus Document on Practical Clinical Considerations in the Interpretation of Troponin Elevations: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60(23):2427-2463. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.969
Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: STE vs. Non STE
Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes Anti-ischemic therapies General measures: Antithrombotic therapies Antiplatelet agents: Anticoagulants (use one): Adjunctive therapies: Β -blocker Nitrates +/- Calcium channel blocker Pain control (morphine) Supplemental O 2 if needed Aspirin Clopidogrel (or prasugrel ) GP IIb / IIIa inhibitor (for selected high risk patients; may be deferred until PCI) LMWH ( enoxaparin ) Unfractionated intravenous heparin Fondaparinux Bivalirudin (should be used in ACS patient only if undergoing PCI) Statin Angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor
STEMI
Reperfusion Therapy for Patients with STEMI *Patients with cardiogenic shock or severe heart failure initially seen at a non–PCI-capable hospital should be transferred for cardiac catheterization and revascularization as soon as possible, irrespective of time delay from MI onset ( Class I, LOE: B ). †Angiography and revascularization should not be performed within the first 2 to 3 hours after administration of fibrinolytic therapy.
ASSESMENT OF REPERERFUSION OPTION FOR STEMI PATIENT
Component of delay in STEMI and ideal time interval for intervention
PRIMARY PCI IN STEMI
Indications for Fibrinolytic Therapy When There Is a >120-Minute Delay From FMC to Primary PCI
Indications for Transfer for Angiography After Fibrinolytic Therapy *Although individual circumstances will vary, clinical stability is defined by the absence of low output, hypotension, persistent tachycardia, apparent shock, high-grade ventricular or symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, and spontaneous recurrent ischemia.
Recommendation for Reperfusion Therapy
Indications for PCI of an Infarct Artery in Patients Who Were Managed With Fibrinolytic Therapy or Who Did Not Receive Reperfusion Therapy *Although individual circumstances will vary, clinical stability is defined by the absence of low output, hypotension, persistent tachycardia, apparent shock, high-grade ventricular or symptomatic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, and spontaneous recurrent ischemia.
REPERFUSION THERAPY Modified from Gersh BJ, Stone GW, White HD, Homes DR Jr: Pharmacological facilitation of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: Is the slope of the curve the shape of the future? JAMA 293:979, 2005.
Uap / nSTEMI
Braunwald Clinical Classification of UA/NSTEMI
DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC STEPS NSTE ACS
Step one - Initial Evaluation CHEST PAIN ECG RISK FACTOR WORKING DIAGNOSIS INITIAL TREATMENT STEMI NSTEMI ACS UNLIKELY
Step Two - Diagnosis Validation And Risk Assesment After the patient is assigned to the group NSTE-ACS, i.v. and oral antithrombotic treatments will be started Routine clinical chemistry, particularly troponins (on presentation and after 6–9 h) Repeat or continuous ST-segment monitoring Ischaemic risk score assessment (GRACE score). Echocardiogram Bleeding risk assessment (CRUSADE score) Optional: chest X-ray, CT, MRI or nuclear imaging for differential diagnoses (e.g. aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism, etc.)
RISK STRATIFICATION European Heart Journal (2011) 32,2999 - 3054