A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart...

A diagnosis of myocardial infarction is created by integrating the history of the presenting illness and physical examination with electrocardiogram findings...

Myocardial infarction complications may occur immediately following a myocardial infarction (heart attack) (in the acute phase), or may need time to develop...

Electrocardiography in suspected myocardial infarction has the main purpose of detecting ischemia or acute coronary injury in emergency department populations...

than an external force (e.g., cocaine vasoconstriction leading to myocardial infarction). Hypertension and atherosclerosis are risk factors for both atherosclerotic...

cardiovascular diseases. Types include stable angina, unstable angina, and myocardial infarction. A common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into...

serious sequela of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack). It can also be caused by trauma. Symptoms of myocardial rupture are recurrent or persistent...

tachycardia), Inadequate coronary artery blood flow (such as myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction), and electrolyte disturbances, such as hypokalemia...

heart wall motion abnormalities. It can also detect regions of myocardial infarction by showing areas of decreased resting perfusion. The function of...

associated with: Myocardial infarction (see also ECG in myocardial infarction). ST elevation in select leads is more common with myocardial infarction. ST elevation...