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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Acute myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), commonly known as a heart attack, is the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die. This is most commonly due to occlusion (blockage) of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids (fatty acids) and white blood cells in the wall of an artery. The resulting ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and oxygen shortage, if left untreated for a sufficient period of time, can cause damage or death of heart muscle tissue...
Acute myocardial infarction - List of case studies
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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Active denervation Active enhancing focus Acute EBV infection Acute coronary syndrome Acute humoral rejection ... lumbalgia Acute myeloradiculoneuritis Acute myocardial infarction Acute myocardial infarction (anterior) Acute ...
- Acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
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male with recent extensive anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction that was treated by primary PCI, anticoagulation medications and ... or is it an illness? – Heart attack (i.e. acute myocardial infarction) is an unpredictable event on an individual basis ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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mellitus Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, acute myocardial infarction and PTCA with stent Hepatitis (C ? Status ?) ...
- Prostate Cancer and Parkinson's disease
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Cancer and Parkinson's disease Acute anterior myocardial infarction in 1999 treated using angioplasty + stenting of the medial ...