Expert consensus published on use of imaging to guide heart attack treatment

Imaging provides a more precise diagnosis of a heart attack that can be used to individualise treatment, according to an expert consensus paper published in the European Heart Journal. Heart attacks are diagnosed and treated using coronary angiography, an invasive procedure which provides an X-ray outline of the arteries supplying blood to the heart. Invasive imaging of the arteries gives more detail but there has been controversy over when to use it. This document seeks to resolve that debate. It promotes the adoption of intracoronary imaging in two major areas: acute coronary syndromes including heart attack and when diagnostic information from angiography is