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Universal definition of myocardial infarction
Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S. Alpert and Harvey D. White on behalf of the Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Redefinition of Myocardial Infarction
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* Corresponding authors/co-chairpersons. Professor Kristian Thygesen, Department of Medicine and Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Tage Hansens, Gade 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: +45 89 49 76 14; fax: +45 89 49 76 19. E-mail: Kristian.Thygesen@as.aaa.dk. Professor Joseph Alpert, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N. Campbell Ave, PO Box 245017, Tucson, AZ 85724-5017, USA. Tel: +1 520 626 6138; fax: +1 520 626 6604. E-mail: jalpert@email.arizona.edu. Professor Harvey White, Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, Private Bag 92024, 1030 Auckland, New Zealand. Tel: +64 96309992; fax: +64 96309915. E-mail: harveyw@adhb.govt.nz
The recommendations set forth in this report are those of the Task Force Members and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr Shanti Mendis of the WHO participated in the task force in her personal capacity, but this does not represent WHO approval of this document at the present time. 
This article has been copublished in the October II (Vol. 28 no. 20), 2007, issue of the European Heart Journal (also available on the Web site of the European Society of Cardiology at www.escardio.org), the November 27, 2007, issue of Circulation (also available on the Web site of the American Heart Association at my.americanheart.org), and the November 27, 2007, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (also available on the Web site of the American College of Cardiology at www.acc.org).
This document was approved by the European Society
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Introduction |
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Clinical features of ischaemia
Pathology
Clinical classification of myocardial infarction
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Biomarker evaluation |
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Reinfarction
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Electrocardiographic detection of myocardial infarction |
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ECG abnormalities of myocardial ischaemia that may evolve to myocardial infarction
Prior myocardial infarction
Conditions that confound the ECG diagnosis of myocardial infarction
Reinfarction
Coronary revascularization
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Imaging techniques |
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Echocardiography
Radionuclide imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
X-Ray computed tomography
Application in the acute phase of myocardial infarction
Application in the healing or healed phase of myocardial infarction
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Myocardial infarction associated with revascularization procedures |
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Diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction with PCI
Diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction with CABG
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Definition of myocardial infarction in clinical investigations |
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Public policy implications of redefinition of myocardial infarction |
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Global perspectives of the redefinition of myocardial infarction |
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Conflicts of interest |
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Acknowledgements |
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Footnotes |
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References |
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