Jaap W. Deckers

TL;DR: This paper re-examines the position of "unstable angina" within the ACS context and concludes that the seminal 1989 clinical definition of unstable angina remains the most appropriate description of that ACS entity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the effect of timing of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) without persistent ST-segment elevation on the need for repeat revascularization.

TL;DR: Bayesian analysis was performed in 223 patients with suspected coronary artery disease, who underwent coronary angiography and a high-dose dobutamine stress test in conjunction with electrocardiography, echocardiography and Technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to study the relative diagnostic contribution of clinical and dobutamines stress test variables.

TL;DR: The long-term prognosis of patients with unrecognized MIs is worse compared with those without MIs and applies not only to cardiovascular mortality but also to noncardiovascular mortality.

TL;DR: The CIIS ECG scoring system is an important predictor for long-term cardiac mortality in post myocardial infarction patients and can easily be automated and is efficient for classifying cardiac injury in epidemiological studies.