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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on May 24, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm159
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

STEMI and NSTEMI: the dangerous brothers

Christoph Bode* and Andreas Zirlik

Department of Cardiology and Angiology, III. Medizinische Universitaetsklinik, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany

* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 761 270 3441; fax: +49 761 270 3200. E-mail address: christoph.bode@uniklinik-freiburg.de

This editorial refers to ‘STEMI and NSTEMI—are they so different? One-year outcomes in acute myocardial infarction as defined by the ESC/ACC definition (the OPERA registry)’ by Montalescot et al., doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm031

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Ever since the redefinition of myocardial infarction (MI) in the year 2000,1 a new entity has entered the field: non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI). STEMI and NSTEMI share the release of specific myocardial necrosis markers which define them clinically as acute MI (AMI) and set them apart from unstable angina, an acute coronary syndrome which does not qualify as MI.

NSTEMI: getting to know the younger brother

With the creation of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The OPERA registry

Clinical consequences


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