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Signs and symptoms
Other
Risk factors
Mechanism
Key facts & relationships
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- Causes
- Angina or coronary artery disease usually
- Complications
- Heart failure, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock, coma, cardiac arrest
- Diagnostic method
- Electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood tests, coronary angiography
- Frequency
- 15.9 million (2015)
- Medication
- Aspirin, nitroglycerin, heparin
- Other names
- Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack
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Overview
- Blood flow decreases Ischemia
- Arteries of the heart Coronary arteries
- Infarction
- Heart muscle
- Chest pain or discomfort Angina
- Heartburn
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Shortness of breath
- Nausea
- Feeling faint Presyncope
- Cold sweat Perspiration
- Feeling tired Fatigue
- Decreased level of consciousness
- Heart failure
- Irregular heartbeat Cardiac arrhythmia
- Temporary decrease in the heart's ability to pump blood Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiac arrest
- Coronary artery disease
- High blood pressure Hypertension
- Smoking Tobacco smoking
- Diabetes Diabetes mellitus
- Lack of exercise
- Obesity
- High blood cholesterol Hypercholesterolaemia
- Excessive alcohol intake
- Coronary artery
- Atherosclerotic plaque Atherosclerosis
- Coronary artery spasms Coronary artery spasm
- Cocaine
- Takotsubo syndrome
Terminology
- Myocardium
- Ischemia Myocardial ischemia
- Unstable angina
- Cell death
- Blood test
- Biomarkers Biomarker (medicine)
- ECG
Signs and symptoms
- Chest pain
- Abdomen
- Likelihood ratio Likelihood function
- Levine's sign
- Sternum Human sternum
- Positive predictive value
- Sweating Diaphoresis
- Fainting Syncope (medicine)
- Fatigue Fatigue (physical)
- Dizziness
- Loss of appetite Anorexia (symptom)
- Output Cardiac output
- Left ventricle
- Low oxygen in the blood Hypoxemia
- Pulmonary edema
- Light-headedness
- Palpitations Palpitation
- Heart rate
- Catecholamines
- Sympathetic nervous system
- Loss of consciousness Unconsciousness
- Brain
- Sudden death Sudden cardiac death
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Coma
- Persistent vegetative state Vegetative state
- Palpitations
- Electrocardiograms
- Autopsy
- Elderly
Pain
- Nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin (medication)
- Vasodilator
- Morphine
- Under the tongue Sublingual administration
- Injected into a vein Intravenous therapy
- Mortality Case fatality rate
- Overall outcomes Outcome measure
Other
- Socioeconomic status
- Shift work
- Daylight saving time
- Combined oral contraceptive pills Combined oral contraceptive pill
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Endometriosis
- Air pollution
- Carbon monoxide
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Sulfur dioxide
- Ozone
- Infections
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae
- Influenza
- Helicobacter pylori
- Porphyromonas gingivalis
- Kawasaki disease
- CT scans CT scan
- High blood levels of the amino acid homocysteine Hyperhomocysteinemia
- Coronary spasm
- Coronary artery dissection Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
- Targeted temperature management
- Aldosterone antagonists
Risk factors
- Smoking
- Cholesterol
- High-density lipoprotein
- Family history Family history (medicine)
- Alcohol use
- Framingham Risk Score
- High levels of blood cholesterol Hypercholesterolemia
- Low-density lipoprotein
- Triglycerides
- Secondhand smoke
- Job stress Workplace stress
- Saturated fats Saturated fat
- Polyunsaturated fat
- Trans fats
- Ischemic heart disease
- Genome-wide association studies
- Chromosome 9
- Locus Locus (genetics)
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms
- PCSK9
- SORT1
- MIA3
- WDR12
- MRAS
- PHACTR1
- LPA Lipoprotein(a)
- TCF21
- MTHFDSL MTHFDSL?action=edit&redlink=1
- ZC3HC1
- CDKN2A
Mechanism
- Artery
- Blood clot Thrombus
- Macrophages Macrophage
- LDL
- Foam cells Foam cell
- Cholesterol core Atheroma
- Growth factors Growth factor
- Smooth muscle
- Calcification
- A fast heart rate Tachycardia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Too few red blood cells in the bloodstream Anemia
- Low blood pressure Hypotension
- Coronary artery bypass grafts Coronary artery bypass graft
- Prinzmetal's angina
- Ischemic cascade
- Necrosis
- Collagen
- Scar
- Oxygen
- ATP Adenosine triphosphate
- Mitochondria
- Na/K ATPase
- Apoptosis
- Endocardium
- Gross pathology
- Collateral blood vessels Collateralization
- Myocardial scarring
- Abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) Heart arrhythmia
- Aneurysm of the heart ventricles Ventricular aneurysm
Diagnosis
- Biomarkers
- ST segment
- Left bundle branch block
- Q waves QRS complex
- Angiogram
- Coronary angioplasty
- Biomarkers Biomarker
- Sensitivity and specificity
- CK-MB
- Myoglobin
- Copeptin
- Electrical activity Action potential
- T waves T wave
- Adjacent chest or limb leads Contiguous leads
- Atrial Atrial fibrillation
- Chest X-rays Chest X-ray
- Echocardiography
- ECG Electrocardiography
- Myocardial perfusion imaging
- Physical examination
- Cardiac examination
- Ultrasound
- Contrast dyes Contrast dye
- Radioactive
- SPECT
- CT-scans
- Thallium Thallium chloride
- Sestamibi Technetium (99mTc) sestamibi
- MIBI scans MIBI scan
- Tetrofosmin
Prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Influenza vaccine
- Diet Diet (nutrition)
- Drinking alcohol within recommended limits Alcohol consumption recommendations
- Omega-3 fatty acid
Management
- Clinical judgement
- TIMI TIMI Risk Score
- GRACE GRACE Risk Score?action=edit&redlink=1
- Antiplatelet drug
- Loading dose
- P2Y12 inhibitors
- Clopidogrel
- Prasugrel
- Ticagrelor
- Clotting cascade
- Inhibitors of the platelet glycoprotein αIIbβ3a receptor Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
- Eptifibatide
- Tirofiban
- Femoral artery
- Radial artery
- Using small balloons Balloon angioplasty
- Dragging away the clot Aspiration thrombectomy
- The insertion of stents Coronary stenting
- Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Enzymes that normally dissolve blood clots Fibrinolysis
- Tissue plasminogen activator
- Reteplase
- Streptokinase
- Tenecteplase
- Strokes Stroke
- Intracranial bleeding Intracranial bleed
- Cardiac rehabilitation Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- Left ventricular failure
- Health-related quality of life Health related quality of life
- All-cause mortality
Prognosis
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Clots Arterial embolism
- Regurgitation of blood through the mitral valve Mitral regurgitation
- Pericarditis
- Clots Embolism
- Hemodynamic Hemodynamics
- Systolic Systole (medicine)
- Killip class
- Creatinine
- Peripheral vascular disease Peripheral artery occlusive disease
Epidemiology
- World Health Organization
- Lower respiratory infections Lower respiratory tract infection
- Lower-income countries Developing country
- India
- Disability adjusted life years Disability adjusted life year
- Unipolar depressive disorder Major depressive disorder
Social determinants of health
- Neighborhood Neighbourhood
- Immigration
- Social support
- Social isolation
- Health services Health care
- Race Race and ethnicity in the United States
- Education
- Poverty
- African Americans
- Prevalence
- Morbidity
- Mortality Mortality rate
- Immigrants Immigrant
- Language
- Literacy
- Undocumented immigrants Undocumented immigrants (U.S.)
- Health insurance
- Graduate degrees
- Risk
- Cardiovascular
Legal implications
- Common law
- Disease
- Injury
- Workers' compensation
- Work-related injury Industrial injury
- Police officers Police officer
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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Myocardial infarction | Causes | Angina or coronary artery disease usually | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Complications | Heart failure, irregular heartbeat, cardiogenic shock, coma, cardiac arrest | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Diagnostic method | Electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood tests, coronary angiography | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Frequency | 15.9 million (2015) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Medication | Aspirin, nitroglycerin, heparin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Other names | Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Prognosis | STEMI 10% risk of death (developed world) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Risk factors | High blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Specialty | Cardiology, emergency medicine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Symptoms | Chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, dizziness or lightheadedness, cold sweat, feeling tired; arm, neck, back, jaw, or stomach pain, decreased level or total loss o… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | Treatment | Percutaneous coronary intervention, thrombolysis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Myocardial infarction | is a | rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque on an artery supplying heart muscle | 0.90 | text |
| Myocardial infarction | is a | STEMI or NSTEMI | 0.90 | text |
| Myocardial infarction | is a | major concern for most patients | 0.90 | text |
| Myocardial infarction | is a | disease but may sometimes be an injury | 0.90 | text |
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