Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease in the United States - Second Edition

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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: In recent years, the incidence of coronary heart disease in our country has shown a significant upward trend, becoming a common disease that severely threatens people's health. Its diagnosis and treatment are important clinical tasks for all colleagues engaged in cardiovascular diseases. To help standardize the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, two years ago we timely compiled and published the "American Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease," which was reprinted three times and was well-received by cardiovascular clinicians. At the same time, it also deeply inspired us. Over the past two years, due to the significant progress made in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have successively made major revisions to the Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (1999 Revision), the Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2001 Revision), and the Guidelines for the Treatment of Adult Chronic Heart Failure (2001 Revision), objectively reflecting the current status of coronary heart disease diagnosis and treatment in the United States. Therefore, we have also promptly revised and supplemented the original book. The newly published "American Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease (2nd Edition)" retains the two chapters on chronic stable angina and unstable angina, as well as non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction from the first edition, revises the three chapters on acute myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, and adult chronic heart failure, and adds one chapter on surgical coronary artery bypass grafting based on the ACC/AHA Guidelines for Surgical Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (2004 Revision), covering the entire scope of coronary heart disease diagnosis and treatment.