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Heart attack

Date: November 2003

Definition:

The death of a portion of heart muscle, due to inadequate blood supply, that has resulted in all of the following evidence of acute myocardial infarction: new characteristic electrocardiographic changes: the charateristic rise of cardiac enzymes, Troponins or other biochemical markers; when all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction. Other coronary syndromes, including but not limited to angina, are not covered under this definition.

No change since May 03

 

Date: May 2003

Definition:

The death of a portion of heart muscle, due to inadequate blood supply, that has resulted in all of the following evidence of acute myocardial infarction: new characteristic electrocardiographic changes: the charateristic rise of cardiac enzymes, Troponins or other biochemical markers; when all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction. Other coronary syndromes, including but not limited to angina, are not covered under this definition.

 

Date: March 2003

Definition:

The death of a portion of the heart muscle as a result of inadequate blood supply as evidenced by new electrocardiograph changes and by the elevation of cardiac enzymes. The evidence must be consistent with the diagnosis of heart attack.

No change since July 2001

 

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