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infarction

[in-fahrk-shuhn] / ɪnˈfɑrk ʃən /


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I was sweat covered, tipping toward cardiac infarction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Raised blood lipids are a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

Heart disease remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, causing irreparable damage to cardiac muscle cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Each year, more than 300,000 people in Germany have a myocardial infarction -- the technical term for heart attack.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023

As in: The doctor sees me Googling the symptoms — coughing, sweating, vomiting, nosebleeds — and he says, You know we cant be sure what causes a myocardial infarction.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander