Causes Of Myocardial Infarction
- Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
- More Info
What Is It?
A heart attack occurs when one of the heart's coronary arteries is blocked suddenly, usually by a tiny blood clot (thrombus). The blood clot typically forms inside a coronary artery that already has been narrowed by atherosclerosis, a condition in which fatty deposits (plaques) build up along the inside walls of blood vessels. A heart attack also is called a myocardial infarction or coronary thrombosis.
Each coronary artery supplies blood to a specific part of the heart's muscular...
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Myocardial contusion
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Myocardial biopsy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Heart biopsy; Biopsy - heartNormal ValuesA normal result means there was no abnormal heart muscle tissue.What abnormal results meanAn abnormal result... Read more »
Intestinal ischemia and infarction
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Intestinal ischemia and infarction is damage to (ischemia) or death of (infarction) part of the intestine due to a decrease in its blood... Read more »
Symptoms of intestinal ischemia and infarction
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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