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acute myocardial infarction

NOUN
heart attack
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cardiovascular disease congestive heart failure
WEAK
angina pectoris cardiac arrest chest pains coronary coronary infarction coronary thrombosis myocardial infarction tachycardia

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Anti-inflammatory therapy to treat patients following acute myocardial infarction is an exciting prospect that deserves further translational studies, report investigators in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

The authors concluded: "We find no evidence that legislated U.S. smoking bans were associated with short-term reductions in hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction or other diseases in the elderly, children or working age adults."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Sir, the man died of an acute myocardial infarction.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 19, 2010

The cause of death, "acute myocardial infarction," was determined after an autopsy by a doctor at Parkland Hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive