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‡ Myocardial Infarction
‡Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Infarction
 
‡ Is also commonly known as HEART
ATTACK.

‡ Is the interruption of blood supply to a part of

the heart, causing heart cells to die.

‡ Is most commonly due to the occlusion or

blockage of a coronary artery by an unstable
collection of fats in the artery¶s wall.
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‡ Sudden chest pain that radiates to the left
arm or the left side of the neck. Shortness of
breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations,
sweating, and anxiety.
 
‡ Diabetes (with or without insulin resistance) - the
single most important risk factor for ischaemic
heart disease.
‡ Tobacco smoking
‡ Hypercholesterolemia
‡ Low HDL
‡ High Triglycerides
‡ High blood pressure
‡ Obesity (defined by a body mass index of more
than 30 kg/m², or alternatively by waist
circumference or waist-hip ratio).
‡ Family history of ischaemic heart disease
(IHD)
‡ Age: Men acquire an independent risk factor at age
45, Women acquire an independent risk factor at age
55.
‡ Hyperhomocysteinemia
‡ Stress (occupations with high stress index are
known to have susceptibility for atherosclerosis)
‡ Alcohol Studies show that prolonged exposure
to high quantities of alcohol can increase the risk
of heart attack.
‡ Males are more at risk than females.
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‡ Oxygen, aspirin, and nitroglycerin may be
administered.

‡ Morphine was classically used if nitroglycerin

is not effective.