title: Scientific STAFF and MALT meetings - past, present, and future.
abstract: The scientific STAFF and MALT meetings were created around the turn of the century for scientists engaged in enhancing the role of the 12-lead ECG for detection and quantification of involved myocardium in patients with acute coronary syndrome. These meetings were initially focused on computer processing of data from two single-center databases. The STAFF database was collected in the mid-nineties on patients with prolonged total coronary occlusion; high-resolution 12-lead ECGs were collected before, during, and after 5 minutes of occlusion. The MALT database was created in the early years of this century on consecutive patients with chest pain admitted to a large teaching hospital. Delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging and electrocardiograms were recorded in these acutely ill patients. The paper highlights the first 2 decades of the STAFF and MALT meetings and details the meeting format.
authors.affiliation: Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Clinical Physiology, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: olle.pahlm@med.lu.se.
authors.forename: Olle
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pahlm
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Cees A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Swenne
authors.affiliation: Department of clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugander
authors.affiliation: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Stafford G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Galen S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000639:trends*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D014481:United States
keywords: ECG core labs; MALT; STAFF; ischemic heart disease