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ACS |
| Overview |
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Plaques |
| Properties |
| Role of acute changes |
| Erosion & Disruption |
| Types |
| Fissuring & Rupture |
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MI |
| Different forms of MI |
| Q Wave MI |
| Non-Q MI & Unstable Angina |
| Treatment of ACS |
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Ischemic Heart Disease ¡@ |
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Heart diseases remain the second leading cause of death in Hong Kong ¡@ |
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Overall fatality rate is around 30% with > 50% died within one hour, mainly from ventricular fibrillation ¡@ |
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Acute Coronary Syndromes ¡@ |
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| - Plaque rupture causes release and accumulation of thrombogenic substances | ||
| - Lumen occlusion by a combination of fibrin, platelet aggregates and red blood cells | ||
| - Extent of lumen occlusion determines the acute coronary syndrome produced | ||
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- A spectrum of clinical entities that composed of ¡@ |
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unstable angina | |
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non-Q myocardial infarction | |
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Q wave myocardial infarction ¡@ |
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| Pathology of Acute Coronary Syndromes | ||
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¡@ Almost all result from coronary atherosclerosis, generally with superimposed coronary thrombosis ¡@ |
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AMI without Atherosclerosis ¡@ |
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