A call for universal definition of myocardial infarction after cardiac surgery

Kristian Thygesen¹, Allan S Jaffe^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
² Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA.

Editorial

Kristian Thygesen et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024.

. 2024 Mar 29;65(4):ezae130.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae130.

Kristian Thygesen¹, Allan S Jaffe^{2

3}

¹ Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
² Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Medical School, Rochester, MN, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac surgery; cardiac troponin; diagnostic criteria; procedure related myocardial infarction.

Comment on

European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) expert consensus statement on perioperative myocardial infarction after cardiac surgery.
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