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America vs Europe and the 2014 Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Guidelines

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In August of 2014, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) published a new guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. With similar timing, the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) released new 2014 guidelines on myocardial revascularization, including a brief update on the 2011 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation. We briefly summarize key components of all three of these guideline publications, highlighting differences and concluding that similarities far outweigh differences in the American vs European approach to a patient with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome.

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Correspondence to Nanette K. Wenger.

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Cassimatis, D.C., Wenger, N.K. America vs Europe and the 2014 Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Guidelines. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 8, 385–391 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-015-9639-z

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