The gold standard for diagnosing myocardial infarction has been the World Health Organization definition, which requires any 2 of 3 criteria: ischemic symptoms, electrocardiographic changes ...

As recently as 40 years ago, biomarkers used for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI ... sought a standardized definition of MI for use by physicians throughout the world.

Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have been shown to reduce mortality in patients after myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure. Whether routine use of spironolactone is ...