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ESC 2023 – Do We Need a New Revamp of Myocardial Infarction Classifications?

Deepa Varma | Conference Report | 29 August 2023

Types 2, 4, and 5 are stirring controversy.

A spirited debate stole the spotlight at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 held in Amsterdam, as renowned cardiologists Christian Eugen Mueller and Harvey White engaged in a heated discussion over the accuracy of the universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI).

The current universal definition , heralded as the ...

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