HPA - Myocardial infarction

Question	Answer
What 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
STEMI	Full 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
N-STEMI	Partial thickness tissue damage to the wall of the heart. Shows up on ECG as T wave inversion or ST depression.
Cardiac 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 almost 7 years ago