Treatment strategies and risk stratification in non ST elevation acute coronary syndromes

Thesis

Cover

Title pages

Table of contents

Chapter 1: General introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Early invasive versus selectively invasive management for acute coronary syndromes

Chapter 3: Long-term outcome after an early invasive versus selective invasive treatment strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and elevated cardiac troponin T (the ICTUS trial) : a follow-up study

Chapter 4: Vroeg invasieve behandelstrategie niet beter dan selectief invasieve bij patiënten met een acuut coronair syndroom zonder ST-elevatie en met een verhoogde troponinewaarde : langetermijnresultaten van de ICTUS-studie

Chapter 5: Diverging associations of an intended early invasive strategy compared with actual revascularization, and outcome in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome : the problem of treatment selection bias

Chapter 6: ST-segment deviation on the admission electrocardiogram, treatment strategy, and outcome in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes : a substudy of the Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) trial

Chapter 7: N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide for additional risk stratification in patients with non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and an elevated troponin T: an Invasive versus Conservative Treatment in Unstable coronary Syndromes (ICTUS) substudy

Chapter 8: Cystatin C for enhancement of risk stratification in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome patients with an increased troponin T

Chapter 9: Early invasive vs conservative treatment strategies in women and men with unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction : a meta-analysis

Chapter 10: Summary and findings of the thesis

Samenvatting en conclusie van het proefschrift

Woord van dank

Deelnemende centra en ICTUS-onderzoekers

Curriculum vitae