Abstract:The paper gives an overview of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines updated in 2017. The revised and amended guidelines for areas, such as dual antiplatelet therapy (DAT), treatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and management of patients with valvular heart disease and peripheral artery disease, were presented in late summer of this year. The authors of this paper present an independent analysis and discussion of new data on the key issues of diagnosis and… Show more
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