Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina (UA). ACS is usually initiated by an atherosclerotic plaque rupture or disruption of the overlying endothelial surface. Subsequent thrombus formation can permanently occlude the lumen of a coronary artery, causing myocardial infarction (MI) and myocardial cell death. However, in other cases, it can be transient, or only partially occlude the vessel, resulting in UA. Risk factors include smoking, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and hypertension (Bugiardini R et al. (2024)). In 2020, ACS-related deaths accounted for 0.04 and 0.05 per 100,000 people globally among women and men (Timmis A et al. (2023)).

Acute coronary syndrome

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