Guidelines for Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction (JCS 2011).

The guidelines for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction (MI) in Japan were developed by the Joint Working Groups consisting of representatives of various academic societies in the field of cardiovascular diseases including the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) and the Japanese College of Cardiology. The first edition of the guidelines were published in 20001 under the title of “Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases (1998–1999 Joint Working Groups Report): Guidelines for Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction (Chair: Masahiko Kinoshita)”. Later, the first update, “Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases (2004–2005 Joint Working Groups Report): Guidelines for Secondary Prevention of Myocardial Infarction (JCS 2006) (Chair: Kinji Ishikawa)”, was prepared.2 The present version is the second update. We prepared this 2011 update to include evidences obtained in Japan as much as possible and to fit the current situation in Japan, where coronary intervention is a common procedure. We hope that these guidelines will be used widely in the clinical setting in Japan to improve the prognosis of patients with M