#35 Acute Coronary Syndrome and TIMI Risk Score: Mind the Gap Segment

Let's go deeper into the world of ACS and the origin of the TIMI score and major adverse cardiac events "MACE" outcomes!

• The basics – what is acute coronary syndrome? (4:08)
• Clinical context matters – angina pectoris, atypical chest pain, and troponins (5:22)
• You can’t just “cath” everyone – risk stratification to identify patients with high mortality risk (9:42)
• TIMI isn’t perfect – the issues with the score and MACE outcomes (14:00)
• Review of teaching points (17:58)

For full transcript and show notes: https://www.coreimpodcast.com/2019/02/27/acute-coronary-syndrome-acs-and-the-timi-score/

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