Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Myocardial infarction redefined: the new ACC/ESC definition, based on cardiac troponin, increases the apparent incidence of infarction

2002; BMJ; Volume: 88; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/heart.88.4.343

2053-5864

Jamie Ferguson,

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

To investigate the impact of the redefinition of the diagnostic criteria for myocardial infarction on its apparent incidence in a non-selected and representative series of patients admitted with acute chest pain.