Open AccessUniversal Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Clinical Insights
Author(s) -
Luís Paiva,
Rui Providência,
Sérgio Barra,
Paulo Dinis,
Ana Catarina Faustino,
Lino Gonçalves
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1421-9751
pISSN - 0008-6312
DOI - 10.1159/000371739
Subject(s) - cangrelor , medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , clopidogrel , myocardial infarction , conventional pci , revascularization , streptokinase , odds ratio , thrombolysis , p2y12 , anesthesia
The universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) classifies acute ischaemia into different classes according to lesion mechanism. Our aim was to perform a detailed comparison between these different types of MI in terms of baseline characteristics, management and prognosis.
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