INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND ACUTE STROKE
INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC-CRITERIA FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND ACUTE STROKE
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-8703(84)90558-1
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
KOTTKE, TE
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作者:
GILLUM, RF;FORTMANN, SP;KOTTKE, TE
Almost every investigator studying the occurrence, causes, treatment, or prevention of myocardial infarction or stroke will at some time require an explicit set of diagnostic criteria to classify potential cases on the basis of retrospectively collected data.’These data may come from hospital records, clinic records, autopsy or coroner’s reports, next-of-kin interviews, and death certificates. Direct patient interview or examination often will be impractical or impossible, and baseline ECGs and neurologic examinations unavailable. The desire to study the determinants of the recent sharp downward trends in ischemic heart disease and stroke death rates as well as the need to evaluate morbid outcomes in community trials or cardiovascular disease prevention have led to the widespread application of community surveillance of hospitalizations for cardiovascular morbidity. This methodology, its problems, and applications have been reviewed recently. 2 In the past, each study developed its own diagnostic criteria, making interstudy comparisons difficult. The current interest in explaining national mortality trends by examining morbidity and case fatality rates in many centers around the world calls for a concerted effort toward interstudy standardization of methods. This would enable the application of a single set of criteria to data collected in all centers, even though centers may wish to use other criteria for specific purposes. Diagnostic criteria developed for use in longitudinal