- myocardial infarction
- noun Date: 1940 heart attack
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
myocardial infarction
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myocardial infarction — n heart attack * * * death of a segment of heart muscle, which follows interruption of its blood supply (see coronary thrombosis). Myocardial infarction is usually confined to the left ventricle. The patient experiences a heart attack : sudden… … Medical dictionary
myocardial infarction — n. HEART ATTACK … English World dictionary
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 — death of a segment of heart muscle, which follows interruption of its blood supply (see coronary thrombosis). Myocardial infarction is usually confined to the left ventricle. The patient experiences a ‘heart attack’: sudden severe chest pain,… … The new mediacal dictionary
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 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
Myocardial Infarction National Audit Project — The Myocardial Ischaemia Audit Project (MINAP) (previously known as the myocardial infarction National Audit Database) began in late 1998 when a broadly based steering group developed a dataset for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This allowed… … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction, acute — An acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a heart attack. The term myocardial infarction focuses on the heart muscle (the myocardium) and the changes that occur in it due to sudden (acute) deprivation of circulating blood. The main change is death… … Medical dictionary
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
