myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction
Definition
myocardial infarction
noun
myocardial infarction
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- follow: The coronary heart disease pathfinder project assessed services to patients following myocardial infarction.
- suffer: Mrs Q had suffered a myocardial infarction whilst in the unit.
- have: About 40 % had had a prior myocardial infarction.
- prevent: Aspirin versus heparin to prevent myocardial infarction during the acute phase of unstable angina.
- include: Outcomes included postoperative myocardial infarction, or myocardial ischaemia, or cardiac death over a longer period.
- experience: Sample groups Patients with non-specific CAD, experiencing an acute myocardial infarction, small coronary arteries, chronic total occlusion of a coronary artery.
Adjective modifier
- acute: Where all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction.
- non-fatal: Cigarette smoking, tar yields, and non-fatal myocardial infarction: 14,000 cases and 32,000 controls in the United Kingdom.
- suspected: A 1997 study looked at the relative effects of fish oil and mustard oil on subjects with suspected myocardial infarction.
- uncomplicated: Cardiologists consider that after uncomplicated myocardial infarction a delay of six weeks is acceptable.
- recent: From this, she inferred that Mrs Bill had had a recent myocardial infarction.
- definite: Where all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction.
Preposition: by
- %: Aspirin significantly reduced cardiovascular events by 15 % and myocardial infarction by 36 % .
Preposition: in
- patient: For example, use of GTN may be associated with myocardial infarction in patients presenting with chest pain.
- man: Serum calcium: a new, independent prospective risk factor for myocardial infarction in middle-aged men followed for 18 years.
- cohort: I. Risk factors for myocardial infarction in a cohort of 5790 men.
- country: Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries.
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