The long term care of coronary syndrome depends on severity. Acute coronary syndrome describes a group of conditions that result from diseased coronary arteries.

Conditions include:

• Unstable angina: symptoms that occur when the heart is under stress, but the heart muscle is not damaged
• Heart attack that causes changes on the EKG
• Heart attack that does not cause findings on an EKG, but is identified by blood testing.

Angina Severity	Treatment Options
Stable / mild or moderate	Control of cardiac risk factors; drug therapy
Unstable / mild to moderate	Hospitalization; control of cardiac risk factors; drug therapy
Unstable / severe symptoms	Drug treatment; angioplasty; coronary artery bypass grafting

The long-term treatment of coronary artery disease and angina may include:

• Cardiac rehabilitation program
• Angioplasty for coronary artery disease
• Coronary artery bypass surgery for coronary artery disease
• Acute coronary syndrome clinical trials