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| | Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Approximately one quarter of all myocardial infarctions are silent, without chest pain or other symptoms. | | | A positive troponin in the setting of chest pain may accurately predict a high likelihood of a myocardial infarction in the near future. | | | Recent attempts to reduce the damage to the heart from an acute myocardial infarction have resulted in studies of prehospital use of thrombolytics or clot busters. |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | The traditional concept that myocardial infarctions can be classified as transmural or nontransmural on the basis of the presence or absence of Q waves is misleading, since autopsy studies have demonstrated convincingly that pathologic Q waves may be associated with nontransmural infarction and may be absent with transmural infarction. | | | The primary outcome - a composite of death, nonfatal reinfarction, or thromboembolic stroke - occurred in 20.0 percent of the patients in the aspirin-only group, 16.7 percent of those in the warfarin-only group, and 15.0 percent of those in the combination-therapy group. | | | In the United States, percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting are performed in 15 to 20 percent of patients who have myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, and an additional 20 to 40 percent undergo percutaneous coronary intervention within the subsequent six weeks. |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | Serial myoglobin quantitation in the early assessment of myocardial damage: a clinical study. | | | Angina pectoris - a symptom complex of IHD characterized by paroxysmal attacks of chest pain, usually substernal or precordial, caused by myocardial ischemia that falls short of inducing infarction. | | | However, an elevation in total CK is not specific for myocardial injury, because most CK is located in skeletal muscle, and elevations are possible from a variety of non-cardiac conditions. |
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http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/MYOCARD/MYOCARD.html
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| | Post-Myocardial Infarction Depression: Summary of Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 123 |
| | Physiological and psychological variables predict compliance to prescribed exercise therapy in patients recovering from myocardial infarction. | | | Psychiatric morbidity during the early phase of coronary care for myocardial infarction: association with cardiac diagnosis and outcome. | | | Depression and anxiety as predictors of outcome after myocardial infarction. |
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| | Heart Attack Myocardial Infarction |
| | Because a heart attack (myocardial infarction) can be life threatening, men older than 35 or women older than 50 who have chest pain should be examined to see if they area having a heart attack. | | | However, similar pain can be caused by pneumonia, a blood clot in the lung (pulmonary embolism), pericarditis, a rib fracture, spasm of the esophagus, indigestion or chest muscle tenderness after injury or exertion. | | | Nitroglycerin, which opens up the arteries of the heart and relieves pain, may also be given. |
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| | myocardial infarction on Encyclopedia.com |
| | A decision tree for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in nontraumatic chest pain patients at hospital admission. | | | Thrombolysis and adjunctive therapy in acute myocardial infarction.(The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy) | | | Let HighBeam Research help you refine your search |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | This core data set monitors the standards of care in hospital for patients with acute myocardial infarction and this publication is a collaborative effort between the Royal College of Physicians Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit and the Department of Health. | | | This core data set for examining the process of management and outcome of acute myocardial infarction has been developed in response to the establishment of the National Service Framework (NSF) for coronary heart disease. | | | Patients with acute myocardial infarction and following coronary revascularisation are identified in the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease as eligible for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation but uptake remains low. |
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| | Getting better - myocardial infarction [Jan 2004; 119-3] |
| | Severity of acute myocardial infarction seems to have declined. | | | Table 1: Main changes in myocardial infarction incidence and treatment in the USA | | | Trends in treatment and outcome for acute myocardial infarction: 1975-1995. |
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| | Myocardial Infraction |
| | Infarction of the myocard is accompanied by pain, increased enzyme values and EKG signs. | | | With an infarction changes in the QRS-complex are seen. | | | The necrotic muscle tissue does not participate in the activation process of the ventricle. |
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| | Progress: Myocardial Infarction |
| | The amount of increase in blood pressure that increases the risk of myocardial infarction could not be determined in the above case—control studies. | | | Subsequent studies, however, suggested such risk may be present. | | | Myocardial infarction, or heart attack, occurs when the blood flow to the heart muscles stops or is reduced sufficiently for long enough to cause cell death. |
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| | GAP Program - Michigan |
| | Improving Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction | | | Enhancing Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction | | | ACC/AHA Guidelines for Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | Symptoms of the myocardial infarction may include: shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, intense prolonged chest pains, nausea, fainting, intense sweating, and pain in the left shoulder, arm, jaw and back. | | | Since the supply of blood has been obstructed from reaching the region of the heart supplied by this artery, the myocardial cells become ischemic resulting in damage to the heart muscle. | | | The thrombus detaches causing an embolism, obstructing the blood flow through the artery. |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | Administration of thrombolytic therapy (Smeltzer and Bare, p.727-729 | | | Supportive and Restorative Nursing Care indicated for complications of acute MI Monitor for cardiac arrhythmias (Smeltzer and Bare, p.684-699 | | | Reduce myocardial irritability by specic mechanisms such as: |
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| | Myocardial infarction |
| | Clinical consequences - dependent on the size and location of the infarction and the rapidity with which blood flow can be re-established by pharmacologic or mechanical modalities | | | Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the rapid development of myocardial necrosis resulting from a sustained and complete reduction of blood flow to a portion of the myocardium, produced by a superimposed thrombosis, generated by a ruptured atherosclerotic plaque | | | Flow to ischemic area must remain above 40% of pre-occlusion levels for that area to survive. |
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| | Heart attack |
| | You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. | | | Myocardial infarction; MI; Acute MI Causes, incidence, and risk factors: | | | A heart attack (myocardial infarction) occurs when an area of heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of oxygen to that area. |
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| | Heart Attack, Myocardial Infarction |
| | Irreversible injury to the heart muscle usually occurs if medical help is not received promptly. | | | This can cause a blood clot to form and totally stop blood flow in a coronary artery, resulting in a heart attack also called an acute myocardial infarction (MI). | | | A blockage in the heart's arteries may reduce or completely cut off the blood supply to a portion of the heart. |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | AHA/ACC Conference Proceedings: Challenges and Opportunities in Quantifying the Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction | | | ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Full Text | | | ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction — Executive Summary |
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| | Myocardial Infarction |
| | The patient was admitted to the hospital from CHD clinic with a diagnosis of unstable angina. | | | This is an important additional mechanism of infarction in this patient population. | | | Congenital heart disease patients are prone to coronary artery disease similar to the rest of the population; however, these patients are prone to infarcts resulting from supply-demand imbalances that result from the natural history of their disease. |
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| | HeartPoint: Myocardial Infarction |
| | "Myocardial Infarction" (abbreviated as "MI") means there is death of some of the muscle cells of the heart as a result of a lack of supply of oxygen and other nutrients. | | | This lack of supply is caused by closure of the artery ("coronary artery") that supplies that particular part of the heart muscle with blood. | | | The proper use of the non-medical term "heart attack" is "Myocardial Infarction". |
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| | Heart Attack - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | It is also known as a myocardial infarction, because part of the heart muscle (myocardium) may literally die (infarct). | | | (Myocardial Infarction, Acute Heart Attack, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Acute MI, A Coronary) | | | A heart attack occurs when one of the |
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| | Myocardial Infarction Home Page |
| | Almost all myocardial infarctions result from acute transbotic occlusion of pre-existing arteriosclerotic plagues of coronary arteries, which has been mimicked by ligation of the left coronary artery in a variety of animal models, including rats and mice. | | | Myocardial infarction induces global changes in the ventricular architecture, a process called ventricular remodeling. | | | Despite considerable advances in diagnosis and management over the last three decades, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) continues to be a major public health problem. |
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http://cardiogenomics.med.harvard.edu/groups/proj1/pages/mi_home.html
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| | NRMI—National Registry of Myocardial Infarction |
| | Since 1990, NRMI has collected data on more than 2.3 million AMI patients, and helped more than 1,600 participating hospitals assess their approach to AMI treatment and identify trends in patient outcome. | | | The National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI), sponsored by Genentech, Inc. is one of the largest observational studies of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). | | | NRMI 5 can access data reports, guidelines, protocols, educational archives, teleconference information and current schedules via the NRMI 5 portion of the website. |
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| | Circulation -- Subspecialty Collections : Acute myocardial infarction |
| | Circulation -- Subspecialty Collections : Acute myocardial infarction | | | Stem Cell Mobilization Induced by Subcutaneous Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor to Improve Cardiac Regeneration After Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. | | | Intracoronary Bone Marrow Cell Transfer After Myocardial Infarction. |
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