Acute coronary syndrome

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A life-threatening manifestation of ischemic heart disease and includes any of the following:

Unstable angina
Myocardial infarction -- Cardiomyocyte death due to hypoperfusion
Sudden cardiac death -- Death due to MI (but most commonly due to arrhythmias)

Causes

Ruptured atherosclerotic

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