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Management of the Patient with Unstable Angina/Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction

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Unstable angina most often results from disruption of an atherosclerotic plaque and a subsequent cascade of pathologic processes that decrease coronary blood flow. Most patients who die during unstable angina do so because of sudden death or an intervening myocardial infarction (MI).

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  1. Critical Care Medicine, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1400 Locust Street, 15219-5166, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Paul Ellis Marik MD, MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM

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Marik, P.E. (2001). Management of the Patient with Unstable Angina/Non-Q-Wave Myocardial Infarction. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86943-3_21

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