| Myocardial Infarction |
| I want to know about online advise about life after myocardial infarction, about span of medicines to be taken |
Life after a MI can be just as normal as anything else. However, depending on the extent of the MI and the damage it may have caused it can be a lengthy process. There may be some rehabilitation ... |
| Why does short acting calsium channel blocker can cause myocardial infarction? |
I'm pretty sure a calcium channel blocker is a med that slows the heart rate. So, lets say you give it to a person who doesn't need it.....it would slow the heart rate, and the coronari... |
| ELEVATED ESR test results means which diagnosis? Angina perctoris Myocardial infarction or some other problem |
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a type of blood test commonly used to screen for the presence of inflammation. Because the ESR or 鈥渟ed rate鈥?is directly related to certain blood protein... |
| What cardiac enzyme is the first to rise in myocardial infarction? |
Actually the first cardiac marker to elevate after an MI is Myoglobin. It elevates immediately with the onset of an MI. It also decreases back to normal within 4 to 6 hours. Creatine Kinase (CK)... |
| What are the side effects of betablocker in diabetic patient? |
Beta-adrenoreceptor blocking drugs, more commonly called beta-blockers, work on the heart and circulatory system, reducing blood pressure and having other beneficial effects on the heart and circul... |
| Troponin i? |
Usually not elevated unless MI, bad CHF or endocarditis ... |
| Why would a doctor delay or postpone a left sided heart catheterization for 3 days? |
Let me guess...you're a lawyer or paralegal. Okay, I'll humor you... One thing that can delay a catheterizaion is a concommitant condition that would put the patient at risk of adverse r... |
| If a patient has past history of latex allergy, would you code v15.07 in his next hospital admission? |
First... the latex allergy needs to be investigated. If I were coding it for the next admission, I would cover my butt, and code it as it were an actual allergy. In my experience, the majority o... |
| How can I be 50 pounds overweight, yet my blood tests are excellent? |
It takes ten years of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day before it shows up on paper - notheless, I doubt anyone would argue that inhaling the smoke, tars, and nicotines of 60,000 cigarettes is a g... |
| Uncomplicated MI vs MI? |
Pretty simple, actually. One is "uncomplicated", meaning without complications. In other words, fairly minimal heart damage, no heart failure.
It would make sense that the other is &qu... |
| Update treayment of myocardial acute infarction? |
The above answer is correct. I'll kind of expound a bit. The oxygen supplement is necessary even if a person having a heart attack is sating in the 90s. The heart needs the extra oxygen to ... |
| What are the pros and cons of various medication regimens in treatment of a pt with a myocardial infarction? |
Well primary angioplasty is the way forward, I am a bit out of date with thrombolysis nowadays, I have used Streptokinase, rTPA (recombinant tissue plasminogen Activator)alteplase, tenectaplase, re... |
| Does anyone know what the difference is in a Heart Attach and Acute Myocardial Infarction ? |
They are the same thing. The Myocardial Infarction is the technical term. ... |
| What are the cardiac enzymes that are tested to confirm the diagnosis of myocardial infarction? |
CPK
CPK-MB
myoglobin
Troponin I or T
In the olden days we also checked LDH and its isoenzymes ... |
| Heart attack? |
Sorry your question doesn't make sense. The standard view is a heart attack is a myocardial infarction. An area of the heart is deprived of blood flow and O2. There are a number of live thr... |
| A choking sensation in the chest is the result of...? |
all 4 are possible. All are related to heart conditions. ... |
| What are the risks of cholecystectomy in cardiac and diabetic patients.? |
Laproscopic surgery is much safer all round. Risks will included delayed healing and normal anaesthesia risks ... |
| About chest pain....? |
tri to get mecaments ... |
| Heart Disease Question? |
Steriods for medicinal purposes and steriods for body building are a little bit different, but there is a chance they could have played a part. However, no offense, but your grandfather was 91. It&... |
| Can influenza flu cause gradually myocarditis in several weeks or months later? |
Many types of virus infection can affect several parts of the body, including the heart muscle. So, myocarditis may develop at the same time as, or just after, a viral throat or chest infection, or... |
| Please help me what is the main difference between acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina and MI? |
Acute coronary syndrome covers a lot of diseases of the heart, they begin with that and do a workup. Unstable angina is chest pain associated with coronary artery disease that occurres randomly by ... |
| Question about death certificate? |
Thats what doctors do.....CYA! ... |
| My wife seems to have a heart problem. Can anyone advise? |
Hi, I agree you are right to be cautious and I don't think the nurse had enough information to reassure her.
She needs to see her GP for a full check up, I hope she is a lifelong non smoker... |
| How will I know if the artery begins to close again? |
To understand your question you must understand what a myocardial infarction is.
This term refers to the death of a certain segment of the heart muscle (myocardium), usually the result of a foca... |
| Meth/Aspirin concern? |
Meth is not cut w/ battery acid. It is cut w/M S N a horse steroid. Yes u can mix meth and asprin. That bad burn and taste is from murtic acid that is used in gassing process of making meth. Murtic... |
| Is there any correlation between an irregular hearbeat and cardiac episodes? |
Yes, the fact that you have an irregular heartbeat (no matter the cause) indicates you do have some sort of cardiac issue.
Cardiac arrest is when the heart just stops for whatever reason (includ... |
| Google.com? |
It's what laypeople call a heart attack. There are several kinds of MI both old and acute. Anterior, anterolateral, lateral, posterior, anteroseptal, anteroapical and inferior describe the l... |
| Inflammation of salivary {glands;} contagious viral infection, usually affecting children ages 5 to 15? |
Mumps.
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| I thought that bth my father and uncle had died of heart attacks.? |
Just leave it to doctors to make things as confusing as possible!!
Both your father and your uncle had heart attacks. Myocardial infarction is sorta generic for heart attack. Loosely transla... |
| Women, do you know the symtoms of a heart attack? |
Symptoms do vary. Mine was milder.
Severe heartburn, unrelieved by alka seltzer. Then an attack of vomiting. Half hour later an attack of diarrhea.
HERE IS IMPORTANT>> I thought it... |
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