New global definition of myocardial infarction aims to improve diagnosis, treatment and patient understanding

When a myocardial infarction, specified arsenic a bosom attack, occurs, being capable to classify its benignant tin amended diagnosis and treatment. For the archetypal time, a cosmopolitan explanation of myocardial infarction has been developed and published by 4 large cardiac societies: the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the World Heart Federation (WHF). The Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction was presented astatine ESC Congress 2026 connected Aug. 30.