How medical quality is improved: clinical management of patients with acute cardiac ischaemia

The clinical management of patients with acute ischaemic syndromes continues to evolve. It is therefore useful to review the most common categories of such patients, with specific emphasis on the contribution of some well-known laboratory assessments. Key questions on diagnosis, prognosis and medical quality are discussed.Presented at the 9th Conference on Quality in the Spotlight, 18–19 March 2004, Antwerp, Belgium