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October 5, 2010International Journal of EpidemiologyOpen Access

World Health Organization definition of myocardial infarction: 2008-09 revision

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SMShanthi MendisGeneral / Preventive / Lipids KTK. ThygesenIstituto Superiore di Sanità

Kari KuulasmaaPreventive Cardiology

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Adoption of tiered MI categories enables diagnosis across resource settings; extends the universal definition for global applicability.

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Mendis et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7fa254e890cb6c01b8e51e https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyq165

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