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Heart Attack |
Acute Myocardial Infraction; Myocardial Infarction |
A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhythmias, sometimes causing loss of consciousne ...
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Heart Attack Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- American College of Emergency Physicians http://www.acep.org/
- American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/
- Texas Heart Institute http://www.texasheartinstitute.org
- National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office on Women's Health, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/owh/index.htm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation http://www.albinism.org/
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- Holistic Online http://holistic-online.com/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- 9-1-1: Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute MyocardialInfarction (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- ACE Inhibitors after Heart Attacks: Varying Effects? (American College of Physicians)
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