Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2026) On behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
Affirmation of Value by the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)

Nicholas L Mills

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University of Edinburgh Edinburgh , United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

L Kristin Newby

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Sarah Zaman

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University of Sydney Sydney , Australia

Wael A Almahmeed

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Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci

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Royal Brompton Hospital London , United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Monica M Colvin

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George D Dangas

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Mount Sinai Medical Center New York , United States of America

Holli A DeVon

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University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles , United States of America

Rohan Dharmakumar

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Thomas A Gaziano

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Derek J Hausenloy

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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore Singapore , Singapore

Mohamed Jeilan

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Konstantinos C Koskinas

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Bertil Lindahl

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Zuzana Motovska

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Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Prague , Czechia

Maria Rubini Gimenez

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Ana María Salvati

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Clinical Model of Moron Moron, Buenos Aires , Argentina

Jacqueline E Tamis-Holland

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Cleveland Clinic Cleveland , United States of America

Borja Ibanez

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Elliott Antman

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Junbo Ge

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Tayo Addo

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Junya Ako

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Mirvat Alasnag

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Rasha Al-Lamee

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Paulo R A Caramori

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Mauricio G Cohen

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Victoria Delgado

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Bernard Dennis

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Sigrun Halvorsen

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Julie Harris

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Milosz J Jaguszewski

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Hani Jneid

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Hugo Katus

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Milan Milojevic1

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Michelle O’Donoghue

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Julie Redfern

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Joseph F Sabik2

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Clara Saldarriaga

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Nizal Sarrafzadegan

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Marianna Adamo

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Suleman Aktaa

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Folkert W Asselbergs

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Michael A Borger

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Giuseppe Boriani

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Margarita Brida

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Robert A Byrne

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Estelle Gandjbakhch

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Bettina Heidecker

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Anja Hennemuth

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Borja Ibanez

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Stefan James

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Ulf Landmesser

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Gregory Y H Lip

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John William McEvoy

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Borislava Mihaylova

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Inge Moelgaard

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Jagat Narula

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Lis Neubeck

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Eva Prescott

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Bianca Rocca

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Xavier Rossello

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Anna Sannino

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Felix C Tanner

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Katja Zeppenfeld

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Naltin Shuka

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Mohammed Chettibi

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Hamlet G Hayrapetyan

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Georg Delle Karth

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Abbasali Abbasaliyev

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Bernhard Gerber

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Azra Durak Nalbantic

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Elina Georgieva Baltadzhieva-Trendafilova

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Bosko Skoric

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Kimon Myrianthopoulos

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Petr Ostadal

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Christian Juhl Terkelsen

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Moustafa Mokarrab

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Toomas Marandi

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Pekka Porela

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Eric Van Belle

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Zviad Kereselidze

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Tau Hartikainen

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Konstantinos Toutouzas

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Istvan Ferenc Edes

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Geir Hirlekar

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James O’Neill

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David Hasdai

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Giuseppe Patti

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Salim Berkinbayev

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Arlind Batalli

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Olga Lunegova

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Sanda Jegere

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Ahmad Nabih Serhal

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Aiman Smer

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Olivija Dobiliene

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Jean Beissel

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Matthew Mercieca Balbi

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Aurel Andrei Grosu

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Samir S Ztot

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Roberto Diletti

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Danica Petkoska Spirova

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Kristin Angel

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Mariusz Tomaniak

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Rita Calé Theotónio

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Razvan Ilie Radu

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Marco Zavatta

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Martin Studencan

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Matjaz Bunc

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Rut Andrea Riba

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Erik Östgärd Thunström

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Juan F Iglesias

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Mohammed Yassin Bani Marjeh

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Ben El Hadj Zied

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Ertugrul Okuyan

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Bahram Kadyrov

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Alexander Parkhomenko

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David Hildick-Smith

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Saodat Abdullaeva

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