Myocardial infarction

Introduction: Myocardial infarction

Description of Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (medical condition): Heart attacks or "acute myocardial infarction" (AMI), are very common and also very deadly. The underlying cause of a heart attack is usually "coronary thrombosis", which is a blockage of the blood vessels of the heart. When the ...more

Myocardial infarction: See also Heart attack:
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  »Symptoms of Heart attack
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Myocardial infarction: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Myocardial infarction: Presence of a thrombus in a coronary artery, often causing a myocardial infarction.
Source: Diseases Database

Myocardial infarction: gross necrosis of the myocardium, as a result of interruption of the blood supply to the area.
Source: CRISP

Myocardial infarction: Gross necrosis of the myocardium, as a result of interruption of the blood supply to the area. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Myocardial infarction as a Disease

Myocardial infarction: Another name for Heart attack (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Heart attack
  »Symptoms of Heart attack
  »Causes of Heart attack
  »Treatments for Heart attack

Myocardial infarction: Myocardial infarction is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Heart conditions, Heart disease

Causes of Myocardial infarction

Some of the causes of Myocardial infarction are included in the list below:

• Heart disease
• Coronary heart disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Coronary thrombosis (see Heart symptoms)
• Arrhythmias

See full list of 13 causes of Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)

Symptoms of Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)

Some of the symptoms of Myocardial infarction incude:

• Chest discomfort - usually in the center of the chest, and may come and go.
  • Uncomfortable chest pressure
  • Chest squeezing
  • Chest fullness
  • Chest pain

See full list of 43 symptoms of Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)

Treatments for Myocardial infarction (Heart attack)

Treatments for Myocardial infarction (Heart attack) include:

• Call emergency immediately - 911 in the USA.
• Go to a hospital immediately - if you cannot call emergency.
• Emergency treatment
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
  • Expired air resuscitation (EAR)

See full list of 20 treatments for Myocardial infarction

Treatment of Myocardial infarction: For more treatment information about Myocardial infarction, see treatment of Heart attack (Myocardial infarction)

Terms associated with Myocardial infarction:

Terms Similar to Myocardial infarction:

• Coronary artery thrombosis
• Heart attack
• MI
• Myocardial infarct

Source: Diseases Database

• myocardial infarct
• MI

Source - WordNet 2.1

Related Topics

• Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Myocardial infarction:

• Shock, Cardiogenic
• Myocardial Stunning

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Myocardial infarction

• Myocardial Ischemia
• Infarction

Source - MeSH 2007

• myocardial ischemia /hypoxia

Source - CRISP

• infarct
• infarction

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Myocardial infarction can be used for:

• heart attack

Source: CRISP

The description of Myocardial infarction may also be used for the following terms:

• MI

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Myocardial infarction

The following list attempts to classify Myocardial infarction into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• infarct,infarction
• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Heart Diseases
    • Myocardial Ischemia
      • Myocardial Infarction

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Ischemia
      • Infarction
        • Myocardial Infarction

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Ischemia
      • Myocardial Ischemia
        • Myocardial Infarction

External links related to: Myocardial infarction

• Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers for percutaneous coronary revascularization, and unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Cochrane Review)
• myocardial infarction - General Practice Notebook
• Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease (Cochrane Review)
• Acute myocardial infarction - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• riskscore.org.uk
• Smoking cessation for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (Cochrane Review)
• Primary stenting versus primary balloon angioplasty for treating acute myocardial infarction (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Myocardial Infarction in Childhood : Article by Kurt Pflieger, MD
• eMedicine - Cardiogenic Shock : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM
• eMedicine - Myocardial Ischemia - Nuclear Medicine and Risk Stratification : Article by Thomas F Heston, MD, FAAFP
• eMedicine - Myocardial Infarction : Article by Samer Garas, MD FACC
• eMedicine - Myocardial Infarction : Article by Sarah Stahmer, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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