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Heart 88:343-347 doi:10.1136/heart.88.4.343
  • Cardiovascular medicine

Myocardial infarction redefined: the new ACC/ESC definition, based on cardiac troponin, increases the apparent incidence of infarction

Table 4

Number of cases of myocardial infarction detected using different diagnostic methods

Diagnostic method Number of cases of MI Per cent of cases
Stratus CS (10% CV) 32 40
Stratus CS (functional sensitivity, 20% CV) 35 43.8
Stratus CS (99th centile) 30 37.5
Immuno 1 (10% CV) 19 23.8
Immuno 1 (functional sensitivity, 20% CV) 28 35
Vitros CK-MB 23 28.8
Creatine kinase 10 12.5
Final clinical diagnosis on discharge 13 16.3

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