The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 5 , Pages 399-405 , May 2008

New Definition of Myocardial Infarction: Impact on Long-term Mortality

  • Willibald Hochholzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
    • Both authors have contributed equally and should therefore be considered first author.
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  • Heinz J. Buettner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
    • Both authors have contributed equally and should therefore be considered first author.
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  • Dietmar Trenk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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  • Kirsten Laule, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Michael Christ, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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  • Franz-Josef Neumann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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  • Christian Mueller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Christian Mueller, MD, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, Basel CH-4031, Switzerland.

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    Classification of study patients. *New definition of myocardial infarction according to the universal definition published in 2007 by the European Society of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology

    Classification of study patients. *New definition of myocardial infarction according to the universal definition published in 2007 by the European Society of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and the World Heart Federation. WHO=World Health Organization; MI=myocardial infarction.

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    Mortality within 36 months in the study groups. P-value by log-rank test.

    Mortality within 36 months in the study groups. P-value by log-rank test.

 The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. Dr. Mueller was supported by research grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Heart Foundation, and the Novartis Foundation. Design and conduct of the study as well as the preparation of the manuscript were not influenced by any of the sponsors.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00108-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.01.033

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 5 , Pages 399-405 , May 2008

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