Trends in Incidence, Severity, and Outcome of Hospitalized Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Véronique L. Roger,
Susan A. Weston,
Yariv Gerber,
Jill M. Killian,
Shan M. Dunlay,
Allan S. Jaffe,
Malcolm R. Bell,
Jan A. Kors,
Barbara P. Yawn,
Steven J. Jacobsen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.897249
Subject(s) - medicine , troponin , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , troponin t , cardiology , epidemiology , confidence interval , creatine kinase , physics , optics
In 2000, the definition of myocardial infarction (MI) changed to rely on troponin rather than creatine kinase (CK) and its MB fraction (CK-MB). The implications of this change on trends in MI incidence and outcome are not defined.
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