Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses three similar yet distinct disorders: (1) ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), (2) non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and (3) unstable angina (UA). These disorders are often collapsed into just two categories-STEMI and UA/NSTEMI-because UA and NSTEMI have a similar pathophysiology, mortality rate, and management strategy when compared with STEMI. In the United States, approximately 1.4 million people are diagnosed with ACS each year, and 70 percent of them have UA/NSTEMI. UA/NSTEMI is defined by the presence of ischemic chest pain...

Vitamins (e.g., vitamin A, B, C, D, and E) are organic compounds that are essential to maintaining health. Minerals, on the other hand, are inorganic substances that humans need to maintain their health (e.g., calcium, iron, zinc). Multivitamin and/or multimineral supplements contain three or more vitamins and/or minerals without herbs, hormones, or drugs. The U.S. Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine has also determined that each of these components is present at a dose less than the tolerable upper intake level. We refer to multivitamin/multimineral supplements as...