An acute myocardial infarction (MI), necrotis (death) of cell in an area of cardiac muscle.
If circulation to the affected cardiac muscle is not restored in a timely manner, loss of functional myocardium affects the heart’s ability to maintain an effetive cardiac output and may ultimately result in cardiogenic shock and death.
MI usually follows the sudden occlusion of a coronary flow to the heart muscle.
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