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3. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   Myocardial infarction; Other names: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack: 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 to the heart muscle.

4. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

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   Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. [3] CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease ...

5. Cardiac marker - Wikipedia

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   Test Sensitivity and specificity Approximate peak Description Troponin test: The most sensitive and specific test for myocardial damage. Because it has increased specificity compared with CK-MB, troponin is composed of 3 proteins- Troponin C, Cardic troponin I, and Cardiac troponin T. Troponin I especially has a high affinity for myocardial injury.

6. Dad, 48, recalls the subtle symptom he had for a year leading ...

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   Widow maker heart attack. When the left anterior artery has a blockage, what's known as a widow maker heart attack can occur. In younger patients like Prewitt, there might not be any symptoms.

7. Acute coronary syndrome - Wikipedia

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   [8] [9] Previously, the word "atypical" was used to describe chest pain not typically heart-related, however, this word is not recommended and has been replaced by "noncardiac" to describe chest pain that indicates a low likelihood of heart-related pain. [9] In unstable angina, symptoms may appear on rest or on minimal exertion. [6]