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Evolving definitions of postoperative myocardial infarction in clinical data repositories present challenges when evaluating temporal trends in retrospective studies.
In Reply We read with great interest the letter by Polok et al regarding our article1 and appreciate their insightful comments, which highlight several challenges in the use of retrospective databases for quality monitoring. However, several key factors deserve further consideration.
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Juo et al. (2018) conducted a letter in Perioperative myocardial infarction after vascular surgery. Evolving definitions of postoperative myocardial infarction in clinical data repositories present challenges when evaluating temporal trends in retrospective studies.
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