European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 6, 2009
European Heart Journal 2009 30(5):526-527; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp028
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Treatment disparities in patients with acute coronary syndromes and kidney disease
Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology, Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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This editorial refers to Temporal management patterns and outcomes of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes in patients with kidney dysfunction
, by J.A. Wong et al. on page 549
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Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) has been considerably refined over the past several decades, with the advances in diagnostics including prompt electrocardiography, use of cardiac biomarkers including cardiac troponin, antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents, β-adrenergic blockers, statins, and targeted utilization of invasive management with coronary angiography and revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the majority, with amenable anatomy and coronary artery bypass surgery in a minority of patients with
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