The impact of the 2007 ESC-ACC-AHA-WHF Universal definition on the incidence and classification of acute myocardial infarction: A retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-233

  Melberg, Tor ^a,c   Burman, Robert ^b   Dickstein, Kenneth ^a,c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Classification; Definition

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953736095     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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