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Heart 2007;93:147-148; doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.092643
Copyright © 2007 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

EDITORIAL

Underuse of revascularisation in acute coronary syndromes

Franz-Josef Neumann, Heinz Joachim Büttner

Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Franz-Josef Neumann
MD, Herz-Zentrum Bad Krozingen, Südring 15, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany; franz-josef.neumann{at}herzzentrum.de

ABSTRACT

Is coronary revascularisation being underused in patients at highest risk, and overused in those at lower risk?

Abbreviations: GRACE, Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events; ICTUS, Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable Coronary Syndromes; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention

Keywords: acute coronary syndromes; percutaneous coronary intervention; revascularisation


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