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No consensus, 3 November 2011, from Myocardial infarction to Heart attack, see discussion.
Not moved, 5 November 2012, from Myocardial infarction to Heart attack, see discussion.

New CCS classification of acute myocardial infarction

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society released a new classification of acute myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction evolves in four stages. I believe it would be helpful if this article would be updated. The reference is here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X2301735X

Kumar et al, Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2023.

AndreaskumarMD (talk) 21:14, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bad grammar in the intro

2nd paragraph:

"MIs is produced less caused by" should be "MIs are less often caused by"

Can someone fix that?

108.41.214.235 (talk) 04:08, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for spotting that. I've had a go at it. Jclemens (talk) 06:56, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Need to examine for gender differences

This article seems to relate to symptoms evidenced by males. It COMPLETELY IGNORES the symptoms evidenced by FEMALES!!! 2A00:23C6:E30A:7401:35A5:BEB4:629C:2E88 (talk) 09:57, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fat

How much of heart attack risk is basically just being fat? Benjamin (talk) 22:21, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]