Systematic differentiation and reporting of all etiologically distinct types of myocardial injury in clinical trials is needed to advance the understanding and prevention of these events.
R eflecting the greater understanding of the many di- verse causes of myocardial injury, international consensus definition of myocardial injury now includes nonischemic causes of myocardial injury and several etiologically distinct subtypes of myocardial infarction (MI).It is time that all ongoing prospective cohorts and clinical trials systematically differentiate and report on all the etiologically distinct types of myocardial injury.Such reporting will undoubtedly advance the fundamental understanding of the epidemiology of myocardial injury events, including differing risk factor associations, allowing better prediction, prevention, and pharmacotherapies for all identified subtypes of myocardial injury eventsincluding all subtypes of MI.
DeFilippis et al. (Thu,) conducted a editorial in Myocardial injury and myocardial infarction. Systematic differentiation and reporting of all etiologically distinct types of myocardial injury in clinical trials is needed to advance the understanding and prevention of these events.