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Structural Biochemistry/Cell Signaling Pathways/Circulatory System A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, is death of or damage to part of the heart muscle due to an insufficient blood supply. Heart attacks occur when one of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked.
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Overview Myocardial ischemia, also called cardiac ischemia, can damage your heart muscle, reducing its ability to pump efficiently. A sudden, severe blockage of a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack.Myocardial ischemia might also cause serious abnormal heart rhythms.Treatment for myocardial ischemia involves improving blood flow to the heart muscle. sudden, severe blockage of a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack. Myocardial ischemia might also cause serious abnormal heart rhythms. Treatment for myocardial ischemia involves improving blood flow to the heart muscle.
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Overview If a heart attack occurs, often as a result of severe coronary artery disease, it can trigger ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest. In addition, a heart attack can leave behind areas of scar tissue. Electrical short circuits around the scar tissue can lead to abnormalities in your heart rhythm.
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- Coronary Thrombosis (Heart Attack) If there is a sudden blockage of a coronary vessel supplying blood to the heart muscle, or myocardium, the portion of the heart affected will die (myocardial infarction).
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy If this happens, the condition is called obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Sometimes the septum, the wall that divides the left and right sides of the heart, thickens and bulges into the left ventricle. This can block blood flow out of the left ventricle. Then the ventricle must work hard to pump blood. Symptoms can include chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, or fainting. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy also can affect the heart's mitral valve, causing blood to leak backward through the valve.
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Overview A heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a coronary artery can narrow from the buildup of various substances, including cholesterol (atherosclerosis). This condition, known as coronary artery disease, causes most heart attacks.During a heart attack, one of these plaques can rupture and spill cholesterol and other substances into the bloodstream. A blood clot forms at the site of the rupture. heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a coronary artery can narrow from the buildup of various substances, including cholesterol (atherosclerosis). This condition, known as coronary artery disease, causes most heart attacks.
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Coronary Thrombosis â Causes, Symptoms and Treatment The causes of coronary thrombosis can be complex. People who smoke or make unhealthy lifestyle choices are more susceptible to developing this potentially fatal condition than those following a healthy routine. The term coronary thrombosis and myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is often used interchangeably. Coronary thrombosis is a condition that leads to heart attack, however, and not the heart attack that occurs after a blood clot develops in the arteries. A coronary occlusion, or thrombosis, occurs when a blood clot causes a blockage leading to the heart.
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myocarditis Inflammation of the myocardium may also cause acute pericarditis (inflammation of the outer lining of the heart). Due to the potential effects of the disease, including sudden death, it is imperative that proper medical attention is obtained.nflammation of the muscular walls of the heart. inflammation of the myocardium, the muscle of the heart, usually the result of viral infection (especially Coxsackie), sometimes during or after bacterial and other infections.
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Myocardial infarction A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream.
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Overview A heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries become blocked. Over time, a coronary artery can narrow from the buildup of various substances, including cholesterol (atherosclerosis). This condition, known as coronary artery disease, causes most heart attacks. During a heart attack, one of these plaques can rupture and spill cholesterol and other substances into the bloodstream. A blood clot forms at the site of the rupture. If large enough, the clot can completely block the flow of blood through the coronary artery.
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Pericarditis Without treatment, constrictive pericarditis can lead to a range of complications including: irregular heartbeat (heart arrhythmia) heart failure; liver damage. Post-heart attack pericarditis. While pericarditis doesn’t cause or contribute to heart attack, the injury to cardiac tissue caused by a heart attack can sometimes lead to pericarditis. This is known as post-myocardial infarction (post-MI) pericarditis.
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DIF_TROUBLESHOOTER An installer calls CM_Get_DevNode_Status to get the device status and the CM problem code. Depending on the problem, an installer might provide a troubleshooter, a help file, or nothing. A troubleshooter can possibly resolve a problem with a device.
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Conditions We Treat: Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when a portion of the heart is deprived of oxygen due to blockage of a coronary artery. Coronary arteries supply the heart muscle (myocardium) with oxygenated blood.Without oxygen, muscle cells served by the blocked artery begin to die (infarct). myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when a portion of the heart is deprived of oxygen due to blockage of a coronary artery. Coronary arteries supply the heart muscle (myocardium) with oxygenated blood.
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Human Physiology/The cardiovascular system A heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), occurs when the supply of blood and oxygen to an area of heart muscle is blocked. A clot (or thrombus) is the final product of the blood coagulation (thickening). Specifically, a thrombus is a blood clot in an intact blood vessel.
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Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction) Slow blood flow in a coronary artery can happen when the heart is beating very fast or the person has low blood pressure. If the demand for oxygen is greater than the supply, a heart attack can happen without formation of a blood clot.
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- A heart attack happens when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can't get oxygen. If blood flow isn't restored quickly, the section of heart muscle begins to die.
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ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is the term cardiologists use to describe a classic heart attack. It is one type of myocardial infarction in which a part of the heart muscle (myocardium) has died due to the obstruction of blood supply to the area.
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Overview Myocardial ischemia occurs when the blood flow through one or more of your coronary arteries is decreased. The low blood flow decreases the amount of oxygen your heart muscle receives. Myocardial ischemia can develop slowly as arteries become blocked over time. Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of myocardial ischemia. 2  Blood clot. 3  The plaques that develop in atherosclerosis can rupture, causing a blood clot. 4  The clot might block an artery and lead to sudden, severe myocardial ischemia, resulting in a heart attack.
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Understanding heart attacks This is exactly what happens during a heart attack. Myocardial infarction, the medical term for heart attack, literally means heart tissue damage or death. Heart attacks most commonly occur when one or more of the coronary arteries — a network of blood vessels that supply blood to the heart — become blocked. Heart muscle becomes starved for oxygen and nutrients. More than 1.2 million Americans suffer a heart attack each year. Approximately one-third of those who experience heart attack will die from it.
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- Perfusion of the Heart. During a heart attack, vessels of the heart, such as the coronary arteries, can become occluded with intervascular plaques. The heart does not absorb blood through the myocardial wall.
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- Myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck, or jaw.
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Overview Myocardial ischemia, also called cardiac ischemia, can damage your heart muscle, reducing its ability to pump efficiently. A sudden, severe blockage of a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack.Myocardial ischemia might also cause serious abnormal heart rhythms.yocardial ischemia, also called cardiac ischemia, can damage your heart muscle, reducing its ability to pump efficiently. A sudden, severe blockage of a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack.
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Myocarditis/Pericarditis Myocarditis, or inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart, is most commonly caused by viruses, however, it can also be caused by bacteria, parasites, and fungi. Other causes of the condition include radiation, chemicals, cocaine use, and prescription medications. Conditions that affect several parts of the body, such as autoimmune diseases * , also can be associated with both myocarditis and pericarditis.
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Heart Attack Myocardial Infarction If you have a heart attack, a coronary artery or one of its smaller branches is suddenly blocked. The part of the heart muscle supplied by this artery loses its blood (and oxygen) supply if the vessel is blocked. This part of the heart muscle is at risk of dying unless the blockage is quickly removed.
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Heart Disease (Cardiovascular Disease, CVD) Picture of a cross section of the heart. Should one of the coronary arteries become completely blocked -- usually due to a plaque that ruptures and causes a blood clot to form -- blood supply to part of the heart may be lost. This causes a piece of heart muscle to die.
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- Damage sometimes occurs to the blood vessels, including those that supply the heart muscle (coronary arteries) and to the heart muscle itself. Part of a coronary wall can be weakened and balloon in an aneurysm. A blood clot can form in this weakened area and block the artery.amage sometimes occurs to the blood vessels, including those that supply the heart muscle (coronary arteries) and to the heart muscle itself. Part of a coronary wall can be weakened and balloon in an aneurysm. A blood clot can form in this weakened area and block the artery.