What is the Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction?
The Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction was published in 2012 in the journal Circulation. It is a set of criteria used to diagnose myocardial infarction, or heart attack, and was developed by the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology. The definition includes both clinical and electrocardiographic criteria, and is based on the presence of symptoms, ECG changes, and cardiac biomarkers.