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Editorial
. 2019 Apr;27(4):171-175.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-019-1244-3.

NSTEMI treatment: should we always follow the guidelines?

A W J van 't Hof  1   2   3 , E Badings  4
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Editorial

NSTEMI treatment: should we always follow the guidelines?

A W J van 't Hof et al. Neth Heart J. 2019 Apr.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

A.W.J. van ’t Hof and E. Badings declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Model for interpreting myocardial injury (aStable denotes <20% variation of troponin values in the appropriate clinical context, bIschaemia denote signs and/or symptoms of clinical myocardial ischaemia, MI myocardial infarction, URL upper reference limit). With permission of Oxford Press.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Selection of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEMI-ACS) treatment strategy and timing according to initial risk stratification (EMS emergency medical services, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention). (From [2] with permission of Oxford Press)
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