Acute coronary syndrome
group of symptoms attributed to obstruction of the coronary arteries
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) caused by low blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart muscle.[1] The most common symptom is chest pain.[2] ACS causes troponin levels to rise.
References
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- ↑ Goodacre S, Pett P, Arnold J, Chawla A, Hollingsworth J, Roe D, Crowder S, Mann C, Pitcher D, Brett C (November 2009). "Clinical diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome in patients with chest pain and a normal or non-diagnostic electrocardiogram". Emergency Medicine Journal. 26 (12): 866–870. doi:10.1136/emj.2008.064428. PMID 19934131. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05.
