La cardiopatía isquémica (CI) puede presentarse clínicamente como insuficiencia cardiaca, angina de pecho estable, inestable, infarto agudo miocardio y muerte súbita. Estos tres últimos se agrupan bajo el término síndrome coronario (SCA) inestable define la isquemia en reposo o esfuerzo mínimo, ausencia necrosis, cardiomiocitos, lo cual evidencia no liberación los biomarcadores cardíacos necros...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether CD40L/CD154 on platelets and soluble CD40L/CD154 may play a role in the inflammatory process of acute coronary syndromes. DESIGN AND SETTING Observational study in a university hospital. PATIENTS 15 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 25 patients with unstable angina, 15 patients with stable angina, and 12 controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES CD40L/CD154...

Ischemic heart disease includes a wide spectrum of conditions, ranging from silent ischemia and exertion-induced angina, through unstable angina, to acute MI. Unstable angina occupies the center of this spectrum, causing disability and risk greater than that of chronic stable angina but less than that of acute MI (Fig 1). Although non–Q-wave MI for many years was considered prognostically simil...