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HPA - Myocardial infarction
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- 1What is it?Acute coronary syndrome in which coronary artery is partially or totally occluded by emboli/thrombus causing hypoxia (causing pain) - without treatment this hypoxia will lead to myocardial cell death and necrosis of the affected part of the heart
- 2STEMIFull thickness or transmural myocardial infarction - the entire wall of the heart is affected. Shows up on ECG as st elevation. (S T myocardial infarction) - much more serious usually with worse symptoms and prognosis
- 3N-STEMIPartial thickness tissue damage to the wall of the heart. Shows up on ECG as T wave inversion or ST depression.
- 4Cardiac biomarkers in the blood work indicative of MI- Troponins T & I
CK-MB
myoglobins (not specific to cardiac tissue so not as well-used)
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- Created by Em J · Jun 11, 2018
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