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Myocardial Infarction

Known as: attacking heart, Myocardial infarction (MI), -- Heart Attack 
Gross necrosis of the myocardium, as a result of interruption of the blood supply to the area, as in coronary thrombosis.
National Institutes of Health

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Anterior myocardial infarctionInferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

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Heart Diseasescirculatory disorders

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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The relationships of high energy phosphates, tissue pH, and regional blood flow to diastolic distensibility in the ischemic dog myocardium.
Myocardial ischemia due to increased oxygen demand (pacing tachycardia plus critical coronary stenoses) alters diastolic… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Assessment of regional left ventricular relaxation in patients with coronary artery disease: importance of geometric factors and changes in wall thickness.
To assess local myocardial relaxation abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease, local myocardial left ventricular… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
[Condition following myocardial infarct: which studies at what time and with what patients?].
This review discusses the stepwise approach to postinfarction patients. For some patients only a few basic steps are needed, for… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Autoradiographic method for measuring the ischemic myocardium at risk: effects of verapamil on infarct size aftr experimental coronary artery occlusion.
Investigation of the efficacy of pharmacologic agents affecting myocardial infarct size after coronary artery occlusion is… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The prognostic significance of serial exercise testing after myocardial infarction.
Serial treadmill exercise testing (mean 5.5 tests/patient) was used to evaluate the prognosis of 200 males (mean age 53 years… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Extension of Myocardial Infarction: Incidence and Prognosis
The incidence and prognosis of myocardial infarct extension were studied prospectively among patients presenting without… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The predictive value of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy after stress in patients without previous myocardial infarction.
Seventy-five patients who had chest pain but no history or ECG evidence of myocardial infarction (MI) underwent myocardial-stress… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Life events before myocardial infarction.
One-hundred and-twenty-one men between the ages of 35 and 65 who had been admitted to a Coronary Care Unit were interviewed… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Depression of myocardial contractility induced by hypertonic coronary injections in the isolated perfused dog heart.
The isolated perfused dog heart was used to assess the myocardial effects of a hypertonic solution. Coronary arteriovenou… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Unrecognized myocardial infarction; a clinicopathologic study.
Although myocardial infarction has become increasingly well recognized, there continue to appear at necropsy myocardial infarcts…