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Medicine Myocardial Infarction

 Beta Blocker (Heart Attack)
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medicines decrease the workload on
your heart. Beta blockers also are used to
relieve chest pain or discomfort and to help
prevent additional heart attacks. Beta
blockers also are used to correct irregular
heartbeats.
 ACE Inhibitors
These medicines lower blood pressure and
reduce the strain on your heart. They also
help slow down further weakening of the
heart muscle.
 Anticoagulants
These medicines thin the blood and prevent
clots from forming in your arteries.

Medical Procedures
 Angioplasty
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What is Myocardial Infarction?
Your heart is always working to pump blood to your
entire body. Blood carries oxygen and other things
that your body needs in order to do its work. Your
heart needs a constant supply of oxygen-rich blood
for itself as well. The blood vessels that supply blood
to your heart muscle are called coronary arteries.
Sometimes one or more of the coronary arteries
become too narrowed, completely blocked, or
tightened. This causes part of the heart muscle to
not get enough oxygen-rich blood that it needs to do
its work. If the muscle goes too long without oxygen,
it starts to die. This is called a myocardial infarction,
which is also called an MI or a heart attack.
What are the risk factors?
 Smoking
 High Cholesterol
 Diabetes
 Overweight
 High Blood Pressure
 Lack of exercise
 Genetics
 Age (over 55)
 Chronic Kidney Disease
 Too much fat in your diet
Myocardial Infarction
Symptoms of MI
 Chest pain
 Neck pain
 Shortness of breath
 Intense sweating
 Pale, Cool, Clammy Skin
The pain may be severe, but is most often moderate
in intensity. The pain may be described as
"crushing", "heavy" or "pressure-like". People often
say "it's like an elephant on my chest".
What should I do if I think I may be having a
myocardial infarction?
Call 911 for an ambulance at the first signs of an
MI. Quick treatment of an MI can save your life.
Every minute you wait to be treated may cause an
increase in permanent (life-long) damage to your
heart. Never try to drive yourself to the hospital if
you think you are having a heart problem. People
having heart problems may pass out (faint) without
warning, making it dangerous to drive.
Complications of MI
 Heart Failure
When a large amount of heart muscle dies, the
ability of the heart to pump blood to the rest of
the body is diminished, and this can result in
heart failure.
 Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular fibrillation occurs when the normal,
regular, electrical activation of heart muscle
contraction is replaced by chaotic electrical
activity that causes the heart to stop
beating and pumping blood to the brain
and other parts of the body.
 Kidney Failure
The body retains fluid, and organs, for
example, the kidneys, begin to fail.
Diagnosis for MI
 Electrocardiogram (ECG)
An electrocardiogram is a recording of the
electrical activity of the heart.
Abnormalities in the electrical activity
usually occur with heart attacks and can
identify the areas of heart muscle that are
deprived of oxygen and/or areas of muscle
that have died.
 Blood Tests
Cardiac enzymes are proteins that are
released into the blood by dying heart
muscles. These cardiac enzymes are
creatine phosphokinase (CPK), and
troponin, and their levels can be measured
in blood. These cardiac enzymes typically
are elevated in the blood several hours
after the onset of a heart attack.
***Approximately one million Americans
suffer a heart attack each year. Four
hundred thousand of them die as a result
of their heart attack.***