The World's Leading Experts Provide all the 'Essentials' Needed to Manage Patients in the Office, on the Ward, and in the Intensive Care Unit!

Acute coronary syndromes encompasses the spectrum of clinical disorders caused by acute ischemic heart disease -- unstable angina, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction -- which account for 2 million hospitalizations and 30% of all deaths in the United States each year.

ACS Essentials provides the latest clinical guidelines and trials for the management of acute coronary syndromes. Step-by-step instruction, important clinical trials, common management pitfalls, and other cardiovascular risk reduction measures are emphasized. 

Topics include:

• ACC/AHA guideline updates
• Step-by-step guide to unstable angina and acute MI
• Management of 32 complications
• 30 drug summaries; 110 clinical trials; and 490 references