Acute coronary syndromes: considerations for improved acceptance and implementation of management guidelines.

[en] The management of acute coronary syndrome in Europe is covered by various European Society of Cardiology guidelines, which although valuable, are complex and may not always provide clear guidance in everyday clinical practice. Consequently, implementation of the guideline recommendations is frequently suboptimal. To complicate matters further, a wealth of new data from large trials examining novel anti-thrombotic agents will become or are already available, necessitating guideline updates. This article summarizes the gaps between current guideline-recommended treatment of acute coronary syndrome and daily practice as dictated by the evidence base, including recent trials. Reasons for the suboptimal implementation of the current European Society of Cardiology guidelines and possible solutions to making these more practice oriented are presented.

Disciplines :

Cardiovascular & respiratory systems

Author, co-author :

Van de Werf, Frans

Ardissino, Diego

Bueno, Hector

Collet, Jean*-Philippe

Gershlick, Anthony

Kolh, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, humaines et path.

Kristensen, Steen Dalby

Silber, Sigmund

Verheugt, Freek

Wojakowski, Wojtek

Language :

English

Title :

Acute coronary syndromes: considerations for improved acceptance and implementation of management guidelines.

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

ISSN :

1477-9072

eISSN :

1744-8344

Publisher :

Future Medicine Ltd

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Issue :

Pages :

489-503

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