🫀 Primary, Secondary, Procedural: Myocardial Infarction's New Big Three

🫀 MI has been redefined—and the numbers are gone. The Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2026) replaces the familiar numerical MI types with a clinically intuitive trio: 🔴 Primary MI — acute coronary pathology 🟢 Secondary MI — supply–demand imbalance from another acute illness 🔵 Procedure-related MI — complication of a cardiac procedure The crucial message? 🩸 Troponin elevation is myocardial injury—not automatically MI. Context, ischemia, ECG and imaging matter. 🎙️ Dr RR Baliga's Podkast for the Curious Doc: Where Curiosity Meets Clarity!