ABSTRACT
Introduction In the last decade we have witnessed dramatic advances in percutaneous interventional techniques, devices, and adjunctive pharmacology to treat patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this chapter, we will address how these advances may be applied to both patient and lesion subsets, making recommendations for therapy based foremost on the randomized, controlled data that are available. Although ACS encompass a spectrum ranging from unstable angina to acute infarction, in this chapter ACS will refer to presentation with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI).
