1. Filippo Crea, and Giovanna Liuzzo JACC 2013;61:1-11
Classification of Acute Coronary Syndromes The pathogenetic classification of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) based on simple clinical descriptors provides a framework for understanding basic mechanisms responsible for coronary instability in homogeneous groups of patients: 1) patients with obstructive atherosclerosis and systemic inflammation; 2) patients with obstructive atherosclerosis without systemic inflammation; 3) patients without obstructive atherosclerosis. This pathogenetic classification of ACS might help in the search of new diagnostic algorithms and therapeutic targets. ATS = atherosclerosis.
Filippo Crea, and Giovanna Liuzzo JACC 2013;61:1-11
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