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Myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack, primarily affects the cardiovascular system but can also impact other body systems. The respiratory system may be compromised due to reduced oxygenation and pulmonary congestion. Additionally, the nervous system can be affected, as MI may lead to stress responses and changes in brain function. Furthermore, the gastrointestinal system can experience disturbances due to decreased blood flow and stress-related issues.
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What are other words for heart attack?
Myocardial infarction is the medical term for heart attack. There is death of part of heart muscle in that condition.
What is a silent myocardial infection?
A silent myocardial infarction refers to a heart attack that occurs with minimal or no symptoms. It can be detected through diagnostic tests such as an electrocardiogram or blood tests, even though the individual may not have experienced typical chest pain or other common symptoms associated with a heart attack.
Is a myocardial infarction a stroke?
A myocardial infarction is a heart attack. It is caused when the cells of the muscle of the heart do not get enough oxygen and glucose, resulting in anaerobic metabolism and buildup of products of that metabolism, resulting in cellular acidosis, shutdown of cellular metabolism, and finally cell death and necrosis. In the overwhelming number of casea, this process results from the blockage of a coronary artery by a thrombus formed when a cholesterol plaque ruptures, causing a clot to form. It can be caused by several other things, however. Severe dehydration, severe hypotension, partial blockage of an artery by a large plaque that has not ruptured and other low flow states can result in not enough oxygen and glucose getting to the cells. Also, anything that increases the metabolic demands on the heart muscle can cause similar effects - sepsis with shock, toxins, drugs, and poisonings.
What is a myoglobin test?
Myoglobin is a protein found in muscle. Myoglobin tests are done to evaluate a person who has symptoms of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) or other muscle damage.
How does Myocardial Atrophy affect the heart?
Myocardial atrophy is a condition where the heart chambers decrease in size. The heart muscle atrophy or shrink because of cancer or other similar conditions.
What can a T-wave inversion can be seen in?
T-wave inversion can be seen in various conditions, including myocardial ischemia, myocardial infarction, electrolyte imbalances, pericarditis, myocarditis, and certain medications affecting the heart's electrical conductivity. It is important to consider clinical context and other ECG findings when interpreting T-wave inversions.
Why are left bundle branch block worse than right?
LBBB usually happens as a consequence of other diseases such as arteriosclerosis, rheumatic fever, congenital heart disease, myocarditis, myocardial infarction, metastatic heart tumors, or other invasions of the heart tissue.
How does the heart affect other systems of the body?
It delivers blood to the other systems.
How do you treat a myocardial infarction?
It all depends on how quickly the patient is treated and how severe the occlusion is. Sometimes if it's just a clot, they can use throbolytic drugs to dissolve the clot. Other times they can do angioplasty with stent or bypass. Sometimes if damage is minimal they will do nothing.
How do volcanoes affect other earth systems?
They burn everything
How other body systems affect the nervous systems?
The nervous system is the central control that sends nerve signals throughout the body for other systems to regulate.
How can EKG identify a myocardial infarction?
An EKG tells us about how electricity flows through the cells of the heart. Any infarction of cardiac tissue causes changes in the way the electricity travels. An EKG can show us these changes and help us to even identify where the infarction is occurring. A 12 lead EKG must be done to truly identify any infarction. The 12 lead shows us 12 different views of the electricity as it moves from one lead to another. By comparing the views we get against what would normally be expected and comparing each lead to the others we can look for changes in the EKG pattern (ST elevation or depression is the most obvious, but many other changes exist).
