Population
760 patients admitted to hospital in 2003 in Tuscany, Italy
Comparison
Validation of diagnosis according to American… vs Validation of diagnosis according to MONICA…
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Higher AMI detection with AHA criteria warrants caution in incidence trends; leaves open effects on prognosis and resource use.
The adoption of newer AHA diagnostic criteria incorporating biomarkers significantly increased the reported incidence of AMI, primarily by capturing less severe non-ST elevation MI cases.
Barchielli et al. (2010) studied this question.
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