Diagnosis and prognosis of type 2 myocardial infarction using objective evidence of acute myocardial ischemia: a validation study.
Type 2 myocardial infarction occurs when there is an acute alteration in myocardial oxygen consumption that leads to supply-demand mismatch and the consequential onset of acute myocardial ischemia, injury, and infarction that are unrelated to acute atherosclerotic plaque disruption1. While the concepts of what constitutes a type 2 myocardial infarction are often understood, operationalizing a…
