MYOCARDIALINFARCTION

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction is the medical term for an event commonly known as a heart attack. It happens when blood stops flowing properly to part of the heart and the heart muscle is injured due to not receiving enough oxygen. Usually this is because one of the coronary arteries that supplies blood to the heart develops a blockage due to an unstable buildup of white blood cells, cholesterol and fat. The event is called "acute" if it is sudden and serious.

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myocardial infarction

Noun

  1. Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.


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