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European Heart Journal 2001 22(7):613-615; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2579
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Letters to the Editor

Comment on the ESC/ACC redefinition of myocardial infarcation by a consensus dissenter

H. Tunstall-Pedoe, Former Chairman of ESC Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention, Principal Investigator, Scottish MONICA, Rapporteur of the WHO MONICA Project, and Head of the Quality Control Centre for Event Registration

Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, U.K

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