Pharmacotherapy/Treatment Of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a medical condition popularly called heart attack. AMI is coined from Latin words of which "myocardial" is the muscular tissue of the heart. The "infarction" means death of tissues due to blockage of blood to the tissue. AMI occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is blocked abruptly. A part of the heart muscles start to die called cardiac ischemia causing in most cases angina pectoris (pain in the chest). When the tissue of part of the heart affected completely dies, it is called heart attack. Silent ischemia occurs in about 25 percent of attacks but can be detected in ECG. Silent ischemia is common in diabetes patients. Cause Of Acute Myocardial Infarction The left anterior descending coronary artery supplies blood flow to the interventricular septum, anterolateral wall, and ventricular apex of the heart. The left circumflex artery supplies blood to the inferolateral wall. The right...
