Acute coronary syndromes with ongoing myocardial ischemia (ACSwithOMI)versus acute coronary syndromes without ongoing ischemia(ACSwithoutOMI)The newclassification of acute coronary syndromes should replace old classification based on STsegment elevation presence or absence-Expert consensus statement of the Society of Cardiology

Abstract

The Czech Society of Cardiology is proposing here the new classification of acute coronary syndromes at the time of the first medical contact.The proposal suggests to remove the terms “ST elevation myocardial infarction” and “non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome” and to replace these terms by “acute coronary syndrome with ongoing myocardial ischemia” and “acute coronary syndrome without ongoing myocardial ischemia”.

Keywords

• Acute coronary syndromes
• Myocardial infarction
• Ongoing ischemia