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Heart attack

Date: March 2003

Definition:

The death of a portion of the 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 characteristic rise of cardiac enzymes, troponins or other biochemical markers; where all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction. Other acute coronary syndromes, including but not limited to angina, are not covered under this definition.

No change since September 2002

 

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