RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Third universal definition of myocardial infarction: Update, caveats, differential diagnoses
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 777
OP 786
DO 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12158
VO 80
IS 12
A1 Tehrani, David M.
A1 Seto, Arnold H.
YR 2013
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/12/777.abstract
AB Updated definitions of myocardial infarction (MI) reflect research on measuring cardiac troponin to diagnose MI. Elevations of this biomarker indicate cardiac injury but not always an acute coronary syndrome. Clinical judgment is needed to interpret increasingly sensitive biomarker assays appropriately. Here, we review the new MI definitions and the various causes of elevated troponin to enable physicians to differentiate acute coronary syndromes from other conditions.