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Medical Case Studies
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...
Myocardial infarction - List of case studies
- Prostate Cancer and Parkinson's disease
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Parkinson's disease Acute anterior myocardial infarction in 1999 treated using angioplasty + stenting of the medial ... Related Conditions: Parkinson's disease, acute myocardial infarction (anterior), anginal episodes, prostate cancer, prostatic ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, acute myocardial infarction and PTCA with stent Hepatitis (C ? Status ?) ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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lumbalgia Acute myeloradiculoneuritis Acute myocardial infarction Acute myocardial infarction (anterior) Acute myocardial ...
- Severe right coronary artery stenosis
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third causing 30% stenosis. In November 2005, myocardial scintigraphy was performed (201T 111 MBq EV9) with a stress test ... as specified above). The risk of myocardial infarction is unpredictable (probably in the range of 2-3%/year) and thus could ...
- Multiple miscarriages
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grandfather with stroke, paternal uncle with myocardial infarction. She has had no significant illness. There is no personal history of ...
- 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 ... is it an illness? – Heart attack (i.e. acute myocardial infarction) is an unpredictable event on an individual basis so the ...
- Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis (Hashimoto thyroiditis)
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or increased risk for cardiovascular event (such as myocardial infarction and strokes ). As a consequence, treatment of subclinical ...