Case definitions for acute coronary heart disease in epidemiology and clinical research studies: a statement from the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; AHA Statistics Committee; World Heart Federation Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Authors
Luepker, Russell V.Apple, Fred S.
Christenson, Robert H.
Crow, Richard S.
Fortmann, Stephen P.
Goff, David
Goldberg, Robert J.
Hand, Mary M.
Jaffe, Allan S.
Julian, Desmond G.
Levy, Daniel
Manolio, Teri
Mendis, Shanthi
Mensah, George
Pajak, Andrzej
Prineas, Ronald J.
Reddy, K. Srinath
Roger, Veronique L.
Rosamond, Wayne D.
Shahar, Eyal
Sharrett, Richey
Sorlie, Paul
Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular MedicineDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2003-11-12Keywords
Acute DiseaseBiological Markers
Biomedical Research
Coronary Disease
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Developing Countries
Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular
Electrocardiography
Epidemiologic Methods
Humans
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
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Circulation. 2003 Nov 18;108(20):2543-9. Epub 2003 Nov 10. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1161/01.CIR.0000100560.46946.EAPermanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47169PubMed ID
14610011Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1161/01.CIR.0000100560.46946.EA
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