Diagnostic criteria for validation

Diagnostic criteria are used to validate clinical diagnoses. Those used in epidemiological studies are:

• MONICA - Monitoring trends and determinants of CArdiovascular disease – (1983-84)
• American Heart Association Criteria (2003)
• Nomenclature for AMI/ACS proposed by British Cardiac Society (2004)
• European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Criteria (2000).

Read the diagnostic criteria for Acute Myocardial Infarction (pdf 216 kb).