Heart attack
Heart attack: Introduction
Heart attack: An acute myocardial infarction.
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Causes of Heart attack:
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Medical Books Excerpts
- CHEST PAIN
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Chest pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest Pain
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Chest pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Chest pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Chest pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Chest Pain
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Heart attack: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Heart attack
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from undiagnosed heart attack, or...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the conditions which may be causes of chest pain, causing fear...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned...read more »
Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease
is often over-diagnosed.
Patients tend to assume that any memory loss...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,
it can also occur from a...read more »
Tremor need not be Parkinson's disease: There is the tendency to believe that
any tremor symptom, or shakiness, means Parkinson's disease...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood pressure...read more »
Rare diseases misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease: A rare genetic
disorder is often misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease for men in their 50's.
The disease Fragile X disorder can show only mild symptoms in the early years,
and...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children.
Some of the symptoms of hypertension that can be overlooked...read more »
Silent attack in diabetics: Heart disease is the leading cause of death among diabetics. Patients with type 2 diabetes above the age of 60-65 years are susceptible to silent heart attacks.Diabetes being a multi systemic...read more »
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Causes of Heart attack listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Heart attack as a symptom include:
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causes of Heart attack
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Medications or substances causing Heart attack:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Heart attack as a symptom.
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Drug interactions causing Heart attack:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Heart attack as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Diltiazem and Cisapride interaction
- Furosemide and Chloral Hydrate interaction
- Synthetic Conjugated Estrogen and heavy Tobacco Smoking interaction
- Cenestin and heavy Tobacco Smoking interaction
- C.E.S and heavy Tobacco Smoking interaction
- Propranolol and Cocaine interaction
- Apo-Propranolol and Cocaine interaction
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drug interactions causing Heart attack
Definitions of Heart attack:
Heart attack: SYN: myocardial infarction.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Presence of a thrombus in a coronary artery, often causing a myocardial infarction.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
A sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Detailed list of causes of Heart attack
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causes of Heart attack
How Common are these Causes of Heart attack?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Heart attack.
Of the 129
causes of Heart attack that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 7
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 127
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Heart attack
Conditions listing symptoms: Heart attack:
The following list of conditions
have 'Heart attack' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
A
Antiphospholipid syndrome
... heart attackAtherosclerosis
... heart attackB
Bland-Garland-White syndrome
... heart attackC
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosus
... heart attackChemical poisoning - Chloroform
... heart attackCoronary artery disease, autosomal dominant 1
... heart attackCoronary artery disease, autosomal dominant 2
... heart attackCoronary heart disease
... heart attackE
Ecstasy overdose
... heart attackH
Heart cancer
... heart attackHeparin-induced thrombocytopenia
... heart attackL
Lipoproteinemia
... heart attacksR
Romano-Ward syndrome
... heart attackT
Thrombomodulin anomalies, familial
... heart attackX
Xanthomatosis cerebrotendinous
... Heart attack
Conditions listing complications: Heart attack:
The following list of conditions
have 'Heart attack' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Accelerated hypertension
... heart attackAcyl-CoA dehydrogenase, very long chain, deficiency of
... heart attackAmphetamine abuse
... heart attackAnaphylaxis
... heart attackAnemia
... heart attackAngina
... heart attackArteriosclerosis Obliterans
... heart attackAtherosclerosis
... heart attackAtrial flutter
... heart attackB
Brown snake poisoning
... heart attackC
Calcific aortic disease with immunologic abnormalities, familial
... heart attackCarbon disulfide-induced cardiovascular disease
... heart attackChemical burn
... heart attackChemical burn - airways
... heart attackChemical burn - ingestion
... heart attackChemical burn - inhalation
... heart attackChemical burn - skin
... heart attackChemical poisoning - Acrylonitrile
... heart attackChemical poisoning - Cyclohexanone
... heart attackChemical poisoning - Fluoridated toothpaste
... heart attackChemical-induced cardiovascular disease
... heart attackCocaine abuse
... heart attackCocaine addiction
... heart attackCombined hyperlipidemia, familial
... heart attackCongenital aneurysms of the great vessels
... heart attackCoronary heart disease
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 1
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 2
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 3
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 4
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 5
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 6
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 7
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 8
... heart attackCoronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 9
... heart attackCrack addiction
... heart attackCrystal meth addiction
... heart attackD
Defective apolipoprotein B-100
... heart attackDiscontinuation syndrome
... heart attackE
Ecstasy abuse
... heart attackElectrical burns
... heart attackElectrolyte abnormality
... heart attackEssential thrombocytosis - same as essential thrombocythemia
... heart attackF
Fabry's Disease
... heart attacksFamilial Apolipoprotein A-I and C-III Deficiency
... heart attackFamilial Apolipoprotein A-I, C-III, A-IV Deficiency
... heart attackFamilial Hypercholesterolemia
... heart attackFibromuscular dysplasia of arteries
... heart attackH
Heart disease
... heart attackHeterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
... heart attackHigh Cholesterol
... heart attackHomocystinuria
... heart attackHomocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency
... heart attackHomozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
... heart attackHypercholesterolemia due to arg3500 mutation of Apo B-100
... heart attackHypercholesterolemia due to LDL receptor deficiency
... heart attackHypercholesterolemia, autosomal dominant
... heart attackHyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackHypertension
... heart attackI
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
... heart attackIron deficiency anemia
... heart attackJ
Japanese skimmia poisoning
... heart attackL
Long QT syndrome type 10
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 11
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 2
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 3
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 4
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 5
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 6
... heart attackLong QT syndrome type 9
... heart attackM
Malignant hypertension
... heart attackMethamphetamine overdose
... heart attackN
Narcotic addiction
... heart attackP
Percocet overdose
... heart attackPeriodic paralysis, potassium-sensitive, cardiodysrythmic type
... heart attackPolycythemia vera
... heart attackPrinzmetal's variant angina
... heart attackR
Rheumatoid vasculitis
... heart attackS
Scapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic type
... sudden cardiac deathSelye syndrome
... heart attackShort QT syndrome
... heart attackSleep apnea
... heart attackSudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome
... heart attackT
Thrombosis
... heart attackType I Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType Ia Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType Ib Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType Ic Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType II Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType IIa Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType IIb Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType III Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType IV Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackType V Hyperlipoproteinemia
... heart attackV
Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - adult-onset
... heart attackVery Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - Early onset
... heart attackVery Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency - intermediate
... heart attackVery-Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
... heart attackX
Xanthoma
... heart attack
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Causes of Heart attack Based on Risk Factors
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on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
What are the alternative names for Heart attack:
MI, Myocardial infarct, Myocardial infarction, Coronary artery thrombosis
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Heart attack:
Subtypes of Heart attack:
Sudden cardiac death
Medical Conditions associated with Heart attack:
Heart symptoms (2438 causes)
Symptoms related to Heart attack:
Chest pain (785 causes), Chest tightness (120 causes), Angina (30 causes), Heart symptoms (2438 causes), Myocardial infarction (1 cause), MI, Myocardial ischemia, Coronary artery disease, Atherosclerosis (11 causes), Hypertension (255 causes)
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