Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018)

Kristian Thygesen; Joseph S Alpert; Allan S Jaffe; Bernard R Chaitman; Jeroen J Bax; David A Morrow; Harvey D White; Executive Group on behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2018.08.004

Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018)

Glob Heart. 2018 Dec;13(4):305-338. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.08.004. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

Authors

Kristian Thygesen, Joseph S Alpert, Allan S Jaffe, Bernard R Chaitman, Jeroen J Bax, David A Morrow, Harvey D White; Executive Group on behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

PMID: 30154043
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.08.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac procedural myocardial injury; Cardiac troponin; Expert Consensus Document; High sensitivity cardiac troponin; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA); Myocardial injury; Prior myocardial infarction; Re-infarction; Recurrent myocardial infarction; Silent myocardial infarction; Takotsubo syndrome; Type 1 MI; Type 2 MI; Type 3 MI; Type 4a MI; Type 4c MI; Type 5 MI; Type 4b MI.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Congresses as Topic
Consensus*
Diagnostic Imaging*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Severity of Illness Index