The third universal definition of myocardial infarction

By K. Thygesen, Joseph S. Alpert, Bernard R. Chaitman. 2013

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• Triglyceride-glucose index as a marker in cardiovascular diseases: landscape and limitations (2022, background): “Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) ACS is the most severe type of ischaemic heart disease and describes a range of myocardial ischaemic conditions, including unstable angina (UA), non-ST elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and ST-elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) [30].”
• 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. (2013, background): “Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF 2012 (34)”
• 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. (2014, background): “In patients with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of ACS, a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) should be performed and evaluated for ischemic changes within 10 minutes of the patient’s arrival at an emergency facility (22).”
• Randomized Trial of Complete Versus Lesion-Only Revascularization in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI and Multivessel Disease (2015, background): “We acknowledge, however, that our definition of MI used was strict, because recurrent MI had to be driven by symptoms and was not recorded as being caused by increased periprocedural troponin increases alone (22).”
• Plaque Characterization by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and the Likelihood of Acute Coronary Events in Mid-Term Follow-Up. (2015, methodology): “The study endpoint was defined as ACS occurrence on the basis of the third universal definition of myocardial infarction (11) and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society grading of angina pectoris (12).”
• 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. (2014, background): “at-risk workers/ 5 y) Insured adults (18-65) with 3 y data – member 1 of 5 health care markets having ≥1”
• 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of heart failure: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on practice guidelines. (2013, background): “Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF 2012 (35)”
• Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015 (2017, methodology): “Myocardial infarction was defined according to the Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction and the case-finding approach from theMONICA (Multinational MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease) studies, which accounts for out-of-hospital sudden cardiac death (13,14)”