MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myocardial infarction mean? 

• MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (noun)
  The noun MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION has 1 sense:

1. destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle

  Familiarity information: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

MI; myocardial infarct; myocardial infarction

Hypernyms ("myocardial infarction" is a kind of...):

infarct; infarction (localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply)

Holonyms ("myocardial infarction" is a part of...):

heart attack (a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function)

 Context examples 

The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a peptide secreted by the atrial wall in response to increased atrial pressure such as occurs during cardiac failure and to be decreased by myocardial infarction.

(Corticosteroid Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An allelic variant of the GCLM gene is associated with susceptibility to myocardial infarction.

(GCLM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The date that a documented myocardial infarction occurred.

(Date of Myocardial Infarction, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V1 to V6, I and aVL, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction involving the anterior and anterolateral walls of the left ventricle.

(Extensive Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Heritable defects in the GCLC gene are associated with hemolytic anemia (due to deficiency of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase) and susceptibility to myocardial infarction.

(GCLC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be associated with hypoxia, ischemia, acute myocardial infarction, and medication overdose.

(Bigeminy Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

Rupture may be due to a variety of pathological entities, however, the majority are secondary to myocardial infarction (HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION).

(Cardiac Rupture, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Shock resulting from primary failure of the heart in its pumping function, as in myocardial infarction, severe cardiomyopathy, or mechanical obstruction or compression of the heart.

(Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of one or more regions of the heart.

(Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of a myocardial infarction that does not produce elevations in the ST segment of the EKG.

(Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)