Preferred Label : Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for High Risk Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
or Unstable Angina;
NCIt related terms : PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI) FOR HIGH RISK NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION OR UNSTABLE ANGINA;
NCIt definition : Includes patients with unstable angina or Non-STEMI who have high risk features for
short-term risk of death or nonfatal MI. High risk features includes at least one
of the following: history of accelerating tempo of ischemic symptoms in preceding
48 hours; character of pain - prolonged ongoing (greater than 20 minutes) rest pain;
clincal findings - pulmonary edema, most likely due to ischemia or new or worsening
mitral regurgitation murmur; or S3 or new worsening rales or Hypotension, bradycardia,
tachycardia or age greater than 75 years; ECG - angina at rest with transient ST-segment
changes greater than 0.5 mm or bundle-branch block, new or presumed new or sustained
ventricular tachycardia; cardiac markers - NSTEMI patients with elevated cardiac TnT,
Tnl, or CK-MB. (ACC);
Alternative definition : CDISC: Includes patients with unstable angina or Non-STEMI who have high risk features
for short-term risk of death or nonfatal MI. High risk features includes at least
one of the following: history of accelerating tempo of ischemic symptoms in preceding
48 hours; character of pain - prolonged ongoing (greater than 20 minutes) rest pain;
clinical findings - pulmonary edema, most likely due to ischemia or new or worsening
mitral regurgitation murmur; or S3 or new worsening rales or Hypotension, bradycardia,
tachycardia or age greater than 75 years; ECG - angina at rest with transient ST-segment
changes greater than 0.5 mm or bundle-branch block, new or presumed new or sustained
ventricular tachycardia; cardiac markers - NSTEMI patients with elevated cardiac TnT,
Tnl, or CK-MB.;
Origin ID : C99999;
UMLS CUI : C3275123;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- procedure_has_target_anatomy
