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2. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. [1] The most common symptom is retrosternal chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. [1]

3. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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   Chest pain due to coronary ischemia commonly radiates to the arm or neck. [7] Certain individuals such as women, diabetics, and the elderly may present with more varied symptoms. [8] If blood flow through the coronary arteries is stopped completely, cardiac muscle cells may die, known as a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. [9]

4. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Myocardial infarctions - Wikipedia

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   So now let’s change views a bit, If we take a slice of the heart like this, this side being posterior, or back, and this being anterior, or the front, with the left and right ventricles here, and then we have the three most commonly blocked arteries—the left anterior descending, or LAD which supplies blood to the anterior wall and septum of ...

5. Acute coronary syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Secondary prevention is discussed in myocardial infarction. [ 20 ] After a ban on smoking in all enclosed public places was introduced in Scotland in March 2006, there was a 17% reduction in hospital admissions for acute coronary syndrome. 67% of the decrease occurred in non-smokers.

6. Chest pain - Wikipedia

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   Chest pain is more commonly associated with anterior infarction because of left ventricular impairment; inferior infarction is more commonly associated with nausea, vomiting, and excessive sweating due to irritation of vagus nerve; lateral infarction is associated with left arm pain. [1] Prinzmetal's angina: Chest pain is caused by coronary ...

7. Levine's sign - Wikipedia

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   Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain. [1]It is named for Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), an influential American cardiologist, who first observed that many patients with chest pain made this same sign to describe their symptoms.