World Heart Federation

So the standards replaced support UDMI, which came out eight years ago in 2018.

The new version was developed jointly by the European Society of Cardiology, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and World Heart Federation.

It was endorsed by the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

L. Kristen Newby, the ACC AHA co-chairperson, noted at an ESC press conference that the fifth UDMI's classification of MI aligns well with how cardiologists already work in clinical practice.

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yes indeed um we want to talk about heart attacks because today is world heart day now surviving a heart attack does not mean the danger is over every time we talk about heart attacks i think about my father he was in his late 50s when he had his first heart attack But did he change his diet? No.

Did he continue smoking his Lucky Strikes? Yes, he did.

And that didn't help.

The paper also recommends lower LDL targets for patients who have had acute coronary syndrome.

And this includes heart attacks and certain forms of severe chest pains caused by a sudden reduction in blood flow to the heart.

With today being World Heart Day, like I said earlier, we look at the critical weeks after a heart attack and what patients can do to reduce the risk of yet another heart attack.

Joining us is Dr. Tan Roo San, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, National Heart Center Singapore.

So being able to label someone with stage A through to stage D rheumatic heart disease links in with their risk of disease progression and their risk of clinical complications.

And so that's been aligned with the 2023 World Heart Federation guidelines.

There's been some other updates around choices of therapies, so particularly around antibiotic choices for primary prevention when considering treating group A strep pharyngitis particularly.

There's also been an adjustment to the guideline around where people with suspected traumatic fever should be treated.

So Dr. Guzik, let's shift gears now.

Four major cardiac societies, ESC, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the World Heart Federation, have come together to develop and publish a new universal definition of myocardial infarction.

Now, I'm sure we could have an entire episode on just this, but I'd like to try to condense the highlights here for you.

Now, the previous universal definition of MI used a numerical system to categorize the different types of MI.