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myocardial infarct — /ˌmaɪoʊkadiəl ˈɪnfakt/ (say .muyohkahdeeuhl infahkt) noun → heart attack (def. 2). Also, myocardial infarction …
Myocardial infarction management — Main article: Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction management involves salvaging as much myocardium as possible and to prevent further complications, thus the phrase time is muscle .[1] Oxygen, aspirin, and nitroglycerin are usually… … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction diagnosis — Main article: Myocardial infarction A diagnosis of myocardial infarction is made by integrating the history of the presenting illness and physical examination with electrocardiogram findings and cardiac markers (blood tests for heart muscle cell… … Wikipedia
myocardial infarction — noun destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑myocardial infarct, ↑MI • Hypernyms: ↑infarct, ↑infarction • Part Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
myocardial infarction — Pathol. See heart attack. Also, myocardial infarct. Abbr.: MI * * * ▪ pathology death of a section of the heart muscle, caused by an interruption of blood flow to the area. See heart attack. * * * … Universalium
Myocardial infarction — Heart attack redirects here. For other uses, see Heart attack (disambiguation). Myocardial infarction Classification and external resources Diagram of a myocardial infarction (2) of the tip of the anterior wall of the heart (an apical infarct)… … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction complications — Main article: Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction complications may occur immediately following a heart attack (in the acute phase), or may need time to develop (a chronic problem). After an infarction, an obvious complication is a second … Wikipedia
Infarct — An area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death of myocardial (heart muscle) tissue due to sudden (acute) deprivation of circulating blood. This is usually caused by arteriosclerosis… … Medical dictionary
infarct avid scintigraphy — scintigraphy performed following myocardial infarction to confirm infarction as well as detect, localize, and quantify regions of myocardial necrosis. A radiotracer that concentrates in these regions, usually technetium 99mTc pyrophosphate, is… … Medical dictionary
International Studies of Infarct Survival — The International Studies of Infarct Survival (ISIS) were four randomized controlled trials of several drugs for treating suspected acute myocardial infarction ( heart attack ). More than 134,000 patients from over 20 countries took part in four… … Wikipedia
