Implications of the universal definition of myocardial infarction

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 678-679

  Alpert, Joseph S ^a   Thygesen, Kristian ^b   White, Harvey D ^c,d   Jaffe, Allan S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

BIOASSAY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TROPONIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55149085218     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1329     Document Type: Note

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