How to Use myocardial infarction in a Sentence
myocardial infarction
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This is called a myocardial infarction, or a heart attack.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2018
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During a heart attack, otherwise known as a myocardial infarction, blood flow to the heart is blocked, causing the heart muscle to begin to die from lack of oxygen.
—Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2023
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He was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction, his doctors said in a statement on Oct. 4.
—Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2020
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Most important, the researchers noticed that the overall incidence of myocardial infarction for the week following the spring switchover didn't change at all — there were more cases on Monday, but fewer in the rest of the week.
—Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
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The researchers followed up with the participants for up to nine years and found that, during that time, there were 41 deaths, five nonfatal myocardial infarctions, and six nonfatal strokes.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Mar. 2018
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Junker along with Daniela Panáková — the study team leaders — simulated myocardial infarction injuries to zebrafish hearts.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
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The polypill was also favorable in other measures studied in the trial, such as stroke or myocardial infarction.
—Naomi Thomas, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
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The certificate lists his immediate cause of death as myocardial infarction and the condition leading up to it as coronary artery disease.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 July 2022
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These drugs were initially used in patients recovering from myocardial infarction (MI) to prevent the recurrence of a heart attack.
—Ganes Kesari, Forbes, 30 June 2022
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At the time, the hospital’s standard treatment for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) included four to six weeks of hospitalization.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2021
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The English musician was rushed to the hospital on Aug. 13 after experiencing shortness of breath and was later treated for a myocardial infarction.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2019
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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether hs-cTnI can predict the development of new undiagnosed myocardial infarction.
—Christos Varounis, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2021
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New studies reported the risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke were reduced for patients who took statins combined with a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to reach ultra-low LDL levels.
—Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Oct. 2017
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Physicians might first consider ischemic heart disease, such as a myocardial infarction, as a potential cause, as well as dissection or spasm of the arteries or some other kind of congenital anomaly in the heart's blood vessels.
—ABC News, 13 Jan. 2023
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Severity of periodontal disease and number of remaining teeth are related to the prevalence of myocardial infarction and hypertension in a study based on 4,254 subjects.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2014
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Acute myocardial infarction is a heart attack and ventricular fibrillation, also known as V-Fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that can be deadly, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
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When Metwally mentioned his history and symptoms he was taken to a private room for an exam that revealed an acute myocardial infarction, requiring an angiogram in the catheterization lab, all within 45 minutes.
—Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 23 Apr. 2020
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Bravo suffered an acute myocardial infarction after complications, which caused his death.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2019
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This in the long term may play a role in developing chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and other heart conditions like myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
—Alyssa Hui, Health, 10 Mar. 2023
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Certain cardiac conditions such as cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrhythmias, and even heart attack (myocardial infarction) can cause people to feel dizzy, Dr. Mandal says.
—Emilia Benton, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
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As well as harming infrastructure and setting back businesses, extreme and variable weather directly impacts human health, increasing deaths through stroke and myocardial infarction, said heart and lung transplant surgeon Bill Frist.
—Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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In the final autopsy report, officials in Mexico wrote that Brennan had suffered a myocardial infarction and bronchoaspiration.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
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The evidence is robust that hs-cTnI in particular can predict the risk of incident CV events such as mortality, myocardial infarction and heart-failure hospitalization.
—Christos Varounis, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2021
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The doctor was insistent: The EKG clearly indicated a serious myocardial infarction.
—New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
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His tweet included social media images, of which some suggested that Erdogan was critically ill in hospital having suffered a myocardial infarction.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
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Profuse sweating often accompanies myocardial infarctions, the doctor told him.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
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One study found the incidence of admissions for acute myocardial infarction was six times higher during the seven days following laboratory confirmation of influenza infection as during a control interval5.
—Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2019
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Autopsies concluded that the patients often suffered cardiovascular and other diseases, and that all of them died of causes unrelated to vaccines, such as aortic dissection, acute myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage.
—Denise Grady, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
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All Maryland hospitals are required to have this designation in order to perform this life-saving procedure on patients experiencing a serious type of heart attack called an ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.
—baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Aug. 2019
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Black people suffer from dramatic health disparities in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality, chronic medical conditions, and outcomes from acute illnesses like myocardial infarction and sepsis.
—Mallory Simon, CNN, 5 June 2020
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