Permanent damage to the heart muscle caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart for an extended time period.
Death of heart muscle cells from reduced or obstructed blood flow through the coronary arteries.
Death of heart muscle, usually due to blockage of a coronary artery
damage to or death of heart muscle tissue due to insufficient blood supply.
Damage or death of myocardial tissue (heart muscle) as a result of decreased blood flow.
sudden insufficient flow of blood to heart muscle which results in small areas of tissue death
Damage or death to an area of your heart muscle resulting from reduced or blocked blood supply.
Gross necrosis of the myocardium as a result of interruption of the blood supply to the area; it is almost always caused by atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, upon which coronary thrombosis is usually superimposed.
Damage or death to heart muscle that results typically from the partial or complete blockage of a coronary artery (i.e. occlusion).
death of heart tissue usually due to disruption of oxygen to the tissue/muscle.
A condition in which the muscles of the heart are killed or damaged because they do not get enough blood and oxygen. Also known as a heart attack, it happens when there is a blockage of the blood vessels that supply the heart and the coronary arteries.
or heart attack, refers to the blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle.
Permanent damage to the heart tissue and muscle due to the interruption of the blood supply to the area. Commonly referred to as a heart attack.
A heart attack. Heart muscle dies as a result of an inadequate blood supply. Often occurs when a blood clot forms in the coronary arteries, reducing the blood supply to the heart, especially when the arteries have been narrowed by cholesterol build-up (atherosclerosis).
The medical term for heart attack. It refers to changes that occur in the heart muscle (myocardium) due to the sudden deprivation of circulating blood. The main change is necrosis (death) of myocardial tissue.
common form of heart attack, in which the blockage of a coronary artery causes the death of a part of the heart muscle. See infarction.
Death of the heart muscle caused by an interruption of blood flow to the area. Sometimes called a heart attack.
This is another term for a heart attack. This occurs when a blood vessel (an artery) to the heart is blocked. Please see page on diseases from abnormal clotting for more information.
heart attack. Results in permanent damage to the heart muscle caused by a lack of blood supply to the heart for a limited period of time.
Commonly called heart attack. Myocardial infarction results in a disruption of blood supply to the cells in the affected area of the heart
Another name for a heart attack.
Damage to the heart muscle caused by occlusion of one or more of the coronary arteries.
refers to the medical terminology for a heart attack which is damage to the heart muscle as a result of loss of oxygen supply to that muscle; smoking, cholesterol levels, and family history are some of the risk factors for heart disease
Heart attacks result from coronary heart disease (CHD) - blood vessel disease in the heart. A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself - the myocardium - is severely reduced or stopped.
A heart attack. Occurs when an area of heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged because of an inadequate supply of blood to that area.
occurs when one of more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe or prolonged decrease in oxygen supply caused by a blocked blood flow to the heart muscle.
myocardial infarction (commonly known as heart attack): a sudden blockage of the oxygen supply to the heart, resulting in damage to the heart muscle.
When the heart does not get enough blood flow, the heart muscle dies. This is called a myocardial infarction or, in more common language, a heart attack.
Heart cell death due to prolonged lack of oxygen; also called MI or heart attack.
The death of an area of heart muscle as a result of being deprived of its blood supply; characterized by severe pain in the chest; commonly called a heart attack.
The medical term for heart attack, which occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself – the myocardium – is severely reduced or stopped, resulting in the death of a segment of the heart muscle.
Death of tissue in the heart muscle; a "heart attack."
Posh name for a heart attack.
Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
A lifethreatening condition caused by complete interruption of blood flow through a coronary artery or bypass graft. This condition requires immediate medical attention. Symptoms include discomfort (pain) or pressure in the chest, arms, jaw or back (usually between the shoulder blades). Other symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness or stomach discomfort (indigestion or "heartburn"). If any of these symptoms are felt for more than five (5) minutes and are not relieved by rest (and/or your heart medications), seek medical attention immediately.
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Sudden death of a portion of the heart muscle caused by a sudden decrease in blood supply to that area. See Heart Attack.
An interruption of blood supply to the heart; may be caused by blockage of a heart artery caused by atherosclerosis or a blood clot; MI causes tissue damage to the heart muscle. It may begin with a crushing chest pain that moves to the left arm, neck or upper abdomen, and it may seem like indigestion. Signs of MI are rapid, irregular heart rate, low blood pressure and fever. Emergency treatment may require CPR; commonly called a heart attack.
heart muscle which dies because of lack of oxygen, usually called a heart attack when it occurs in an adult.
Death of an area of heart tissue due to a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium). Symptoms may include nausea, shortness of breath, and pain in the chest, arm, or neck. Also called a heart attack.
Also called a heart attack; results from permanent damage to an area of the heart muscle. This happens when the blood supply to the area is interrupted because of narrowed or blocked blood vessels.
Death, or necrosis, or heart muscle due to prolonged ischemia. “Heart attack.
When the heart does not get enough blood flow and the heart muscle dies. Also known as a heart attack. (Read about " Heart Attack")
(MI) Sudden, severe chest pain that occurs when a portion of the heart no longer receives oxygen-rich blood, usually due to total or near-total blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot formed in an area already narrowed by plaque. The surrounding heart muscle dies and the heart stops working effectively. Also known as a heart attack. A myocardial infarction is part of the acute coronary syndrome.
heart attack (caused by decrease in supply of oxygen to the heart muscle)
partial destruction of the heart muscle due to interrupted blood supply, also called a heart attack or coronary thrombosis.
Heart attack. Damage to the heart muscle due to insufficient coronary artery blood supply.
medical emergency that occurs when a blood clot forms suddenly in a coronary artery and blocks blood flow to an area of the heart; heart attack
irreversible damage to the heart muscle due to a blocked coronary artery. This is sometimes referred to as an "infarct."
a technical description for a heart attack. The myocardium is the heart muscle and an infarct (or infarction) means that some of the tissue has died.
death of part of the heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply.
death of heart muscle due to insufficient blood supply, usually because of clot obstructing blood flow (lay term: heart attack)
A "heart-attack" – loss of the part of the heart muscle due to a severe decrease in blood supply. Permanent damage to the heart occurs.
necrosis (tissue death) of a region of the myocardium caused by an interruption in the supply of blood to the heart, usually as a result of occlusion of a coronary artery.
Death of myocardial tissue, usually resulting from a disruption in oxygen supply to the tissue. Infarction of the cardiac muscle. Heart attack.
irreversible injury to the heart muscle (heart attack).
Death to an area of the heart muscle caused by lack of blood flow and oxygen to that area.
(Heart attack) Death of a part of the heart muscle, caused by a prolonged lack of blood supply to a part of the heart muscle.
death of heart muscle tissue. Also known as a heart attack.
Caused by obstruction of circulation to a region of the heart. Synonym: Heart atack.
After one or several heart attacks, scar tissue prevents the heart from working efficiently, leading to a weakening and dilating of the heart chambers (left and right ventricle) and frequently progressing to heart failure. See Heart Attack.
(MI) Death of the myocardium (cardiac muscle) resulting from interruption of blood supply to that area of the myocardium, often referred to as a heart attack.
The damaging or death of an area of the heart muscle resulting from a reduction in the blood supply reaching that area. It is abbreviated MI or AMI.
Damage to a portion of the myocardium (heart muscle) as a result of insufficient blood to the heart. Commonly called "heart attack." Nasogastric (NG) tube: An external feeding tube inserted through a patient's nose, down the esophagus, and into a patient's stomach.
Commonly known as a "heart attack", a myocardial infarction refers to changes that occur in the heart muscle due to an interruption in its blood supply. An MI is often the result of a clot that lodges in a coronary artery, resulting in deprivation of oxygen to a portion of the heart muscle (ischemia), and ultimately the death (necrosis) of a portion of the heart muscle, if the oxygen supply is not restored within a few minutes.
Damage or death of myocardial tissue (heart muscle) of blood flow to the area.
A blockage of a blood vessel in the heart that leads to the death of some of the heart tissue. Also called a heart attack.
A heart attack; damage to the heart muscle due to an interruption of regional coronary circulation.
commonly known as a heart attack; used to describe irreversible injury to the heart muscle
is a sudden obstruction of blood flow through a coronary artery that results in the death of heart tissue, also called a heart attack.
gross necrosis of myocardial tissue due to interrupted blood supply; also called a heart attack
The medical term for a Heart Attack. See Heart Attack.
" Heart attack". Condition caused by partial or complete blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries, causing death (infarction) of heart muscle (myocardium).
Heart attack that occurs when less amount of oxygen is allowed to pass to the heart muscle.
Commonly called a "heart attack." Involves irreversible damage to heart tissue/muscle. Insufficient oxygen reaching the heart muscle via the coronary arteries may cause angina, heart attack (myocardial infarction), or even death to the affected area of the heart.
Synonymous with “heart attack”; an area of dead or dying tissue in the heart muscle (myocardium) resulting from insufficient or absent blood flow. “Acute” myocardial infarction describes a heart attack that is in the process of occurring.
An interruption in the blood supply to the heart because of narrowed or blocked blood vessels. Also called a heart attack.
also known as a heart attack. The death of cells in an area of the heart due to blockage of coronary arteries.
A heart attack. An area of heart tissue dies because its blood supply is blocked.
(aka heart attack)- is damage or death of an area of the heart muscle, secondary to a decrease in the blood supply to that area. Most myocardial infarctions cause pain, however, some are silent, and occur in the absence of pain (commonly in diabetics).
A condition where lack of blood flow causes the heart to begin to die. Also known as a "heart attack."
Commonly known as a heart attack, myocardial infarction is a blockage of a heart artery, caused by hardening of the arteries or by a blood clot. Frequently signaled by severe chest pain that may spread to the left arm, neck or upper abdomen, a heart attack requires immediate emergency medical treatment.
to block around the heart.†Identifies heart tissue that dies because it has been too long without oxygen.
A blockage in the coronary arteries which supply blood to the myocardium. Commonly termed a heart attack.
Known as a heart attack. Myocardium = heart muscle; infarct = cell death caused by blocked blood flow; thus, death of an area of heart muscle.
A sudden insufficiency of blood supply that produces the death on the cellular level of a section of the heart wall.
Also known as a heart attack, leading to death of part of the heart muscle caused by a total block of blood supply to that area. In severe cases, MI can lead to sudden death.
A heart attack, caused by sudden blockage or loss of blood flow.
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. The resulting ischemia or oxygen shortage causes damage and potential death of heart tissue. It is a medical emergency, and the leading cause of death for both men and women all over the world.World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/topic/en/annex_2_en.pdf Annex Table 2: Deaths by cause, sex and mortality stratum in WHO regions, estimates for 2002 The world health report 2004.