New myocardial infarction definition affects incidence, mortality, hospitalization rates and prognosis
Conclusions
Inclusion of cardiac troponins in myocardial infarction diagnosis increased annual incidence and decreased case-fatality. Diagnosis based only on increased troponins was associated with worse outcome. This group of patients at high risk of death should receive aggressive secondary prevention therapy.
Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Aguero, F., Marrugat, J., Elosua, R., Sala, J., Masia, R., Ramos, R., Grau, M., on behalf of the REGICOR Investigators Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research
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