PubMed Central, : RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2011 July; 2(3): e0056. ISSN: 2076-9172Published online 2011 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10056.

Table 1.

Definition of the three forms of acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

	STEMI	NSTEMI	Unstable angina
ACS symptoms	+	+	+
ECG	ST-elevation or new LBBB	with or without ST-depression	with or without ST-depression
Troponin	(usually still) negative	positive	negative
Myocardial infarction	yes (based on ST-elevation)	yes (based on troponin)	no

STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; LBBB, left bundle branch block.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2011 July; 2(3): e0056. ISSN: 2076-9172

Published online 2011 July 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10056.