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Myocardial infarction — Heart attack redirects here. For other uses, see Heart attack (disambiguation). Myocardial infarction Classification and external resources Diagram of a myocardial infarction (2) of the tip of the anterior wall of the heart (an apical infarct)… … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction diagnosis — Main article: Myocardial infarction A diagnosis of myocardial infarction is made by integrating the history of the presenting illness and physical examination with electrocardiogram findings and cardiac markers (blood tests for heart muscle cell… … Wikipedia
anteroinferior myocardial infarction — myocardial infarction involving features of both the anterior and inferior types; on the EKG there are abnormal Q waves in leads II, III, and aVL and in one or more of leads V1 to V4 … Medical dictionary
inferolateral myocardial infarction — myocardial infarction involving features of both the inferior and lateral types; on the EKG there are abnormal Q waves in leads II, III, aVF, V5, and V6 … Medical dictionary
diaphragmatic myocardial infarction — inferior myocardial I … Medical dictionary
right ventricular myocardial infarction — myocardial infarction localized to the free wall of the right ventricle, usually associated with inferior myocardial infarctions of the left ventricle; on the EKG there are ST segment elevation in one or more right precordial leads … Medical dictionary
Electrocardiography in myocardial infarction — 12 lead electrocardiogram showing ST segment elevation (orange) in I, aVL and V1 V5 with reciprocal changes (blue) in the inferior leads, indicative of an anterior wall myocardial infarction … Wikipedia
Myocardial perfusion imaging — Intervention Nuclear medicine myocardial perfusion scan with Thallium 201 for the rest images (bottom rows) and Tc Sestamibi for the stress images (top rows). The nuclear medicine myocardial perfusion scan plays a pivotal role in the noninvasive… … Wikipedia
Infarction — The formation of an infarct, an area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen. For example, in a myocardial infarction there is death of myocardial (heart muscle) tissue due to sudden (acute) deprivation of circulating blood. This is usually … Medical dictionary
TIMI — Acronym for thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; a large multicenter controlled clinical trial. * * * thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; transmural inferior myocardial infarction … Medical dictionary
