University of Minnesota
ECG is the only consistent diagnostic tool for AMI trends over 25 years
Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, April 21st, 2005
According to the report published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, "Long-term trends in epidemiologic studies of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) require application of a consistent diagnostic algorithm. Typically an algorithm includes chest pain, cardiac enzymes, electrocardiographic findings, and autopsy results. The Minnesota Heart Survey (MHS) has determined trends for incident AMI and for in-hospital and long-term outcomes over a 25-year period (1970-1995)."
R.S. Crow and colleagues of the...
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