What is the scope of the CPG?
The 2014 NSTE-ACS CPG is a full revision of the 2007 ACCF/AHA CPG for the management of patients with unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and the 2012 focused update. The new title, Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes, emphasizes the continuum between UA and NSTEMI. At presentation, patients with UA and NSTEMI can be indistinguishable and are therefore considered together in this CPG. In the United States, NSTE-ACS affects >625000 patients annually,* or almost three fourths of all patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).