myocardial infarct


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Related to myocardial infarct: Myocardial ischemia
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Noun1.myocardial infarct - destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart musclemyocardial infarct - destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
heart attack - a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
infarct, infarction - localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
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PiCSO therapy is provided during the PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) in patients enduring acute myocardial infarct (AMI).
The effect of mean platelet volume on the short-term prognosis of acute myocardial infarct. Rev Esp Cardiol 1998;51(10):816-22.
Forman et al., "Influence of coronary collateral vessels on myocardial infarct size in humans.
Ottoboni et al., "Comparison of two surgical techniques for creating an acute myocardial infarct in rats," Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, vol.
At the end of reperfusion, myocardial infarct size was measured using TTC (1% 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazoliumchloride) staining as previously described [12].
(8) They also showed a larger area of myocardial infarct in the oxygen group, as measured by peak creatine kinase levels and cardiac MRI at 6 months.
Table 3: Association between ABO gene polymorphism -33G>A and acute myocardial infarct based on blood groups O and non-O.
Determination of Myocardial Infarct. To evaluate the size of I/R-related myocardial infarct in rat hearts, we used TTC staining to measure the myocardial infarct size.

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