[Acute coronary syndrome at the Institute of Emergency Medicine in Sarajevo].

The coronary illness is the first cause of death and falling ill in the world. It is considered that, in more than 50% of cases, it is about the illnesses of heart and blood vessels as the cause of death. These results indicate the necessity to prevent and to treat correctly the persons suffering from cardivascular illnesses. The coronary illness represents the ischaemia myocardium as the consequence of reduced blood flow through the coronary arteries (one or more branches). There are more and more young persons suffering from this illness. In the Emergency Medical Institute Sarajevo, a retrospective-prospective analysis of patients with working diagnosis of ACS was carried out for the period of one year (01.01-31.12. 2008). The patients (279) were analyzed by gender, years of age, months (*when ACS occurred), seasons of year and hours of occurrence of ACS, therapy by applying low-molecular heparin and prospectively by symptoms, as well as usual risk factors.