General patient management and follow-up
Organiser: European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
Topic: Acute Coronary Syndromes
Course directors: Professor A. Chieffo (Milan, IT) , Mr E. Rafflenbeul (Hamburg, DE)
1 June 2026
0h 50min
Subspecialty
After completing this eLearning course, you will be able to:
- distinguish the anticoagulant therapies options according to clinical presentation and procedural timing;
- apply current ESC CCS and ACS guideline recommendations to select the most appropriate antithrombotic regimen according to ischaemic and bleeding risk;
- explain the key components of secondary prevention after PCI.
Prerequisites:
Participants should be familiar with:
- pathophysiology of ACS;
- indications for PCI and procedural management of STEMI and NSTEMI;
- clinical pharmacology of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents;
- cardiovascular risk stratification in the post-ACS setting;
- ESC guideline grading system (Class of recommendation / Level of evidence).
