Myocardial Infarction Definition

noun

Heart attack.

Webster's New World

(cardiology, pathology) Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.

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Singular:
myocardial infarction

Origin of Myocardial Infarction

  • From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (οφ) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle)

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Myocardial Infarction Sentence Examples

  • Mrs Q had suffered a myocardial infarction whilst in the unit.

  • Where all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction.

  • Cardiologists consider that after uncomplicated myocardial infarction a delay of six weeks is acceptable.

  • About 40% had had a prior myocardial infarction.

  • A 1997 study looked at the relative effects of fish oil and mustard oil on subjects with suspected myocardial infarction.

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