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Pericarditis - After Heart Attack
Alternate Names : Dressler's Syndrome, Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome, Postcardiotomy Pericarditis, Post-MI Pericarditis
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Patients given Trasylol have a higher death risk, data review finds. | • | Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 2, 2008 - Dec 02, 2008, 09:47
- Sarcoma
- Surgery
- Lower Back Pain
| • | Rapid Response Teams Don't Cut Hospital Heart Attacks, Death Rates - Dec 02, 2008, 16:00
Money may be better spent in other areas, experts say. | • | Scientists Report Mental 'Body-Swapping' - Dec 02, 2008, 17:00
In experiments, people felt physical sensation when a mannequin's body was touched. | • | High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods - Dec 02, 2008, 12:00
Cereals, licorice, pancakes, among other products, home to sodium, study says. |
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Acute MI
Today's Top News Stories | • | Another Study Warns of Risk From Cardiac Surgery Drug - Dec 02, 2008, 19:00
Patients given Trasylol have a higher death risk, data review finds. | • | Clinical Trials Update: Dec. 2, 2008 - Dec 02, 2008, 09:47
- Sarcoma
- Surgery
- Lower Back Pain
| • | Rapid Response Teams Don't Cut Hospital Heart Attacks, Death Rates - Dec 02, 2008, 16:00
Money may be better spent in other areas, experts say. | • | Scientists Report Mental 'Body-Swapping' - Dec 02, 2008, 17:00
In experiments, people felt physical sensation when a mannequin's body was touched. | • | High Salt Levels Common in Many Foods - Dec 02, 2008, 12:00
Cereals, licorice, pancakes, among other products, home to sodium, study says. |
A heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when one of the arteries that supplies the heart muscle becomes blocked. Blockage may be caused by spasm of the artery or by atherosclerosis with acute clot formation. The blockage results in damaged tissue and a permanent loss of contraction of this portion of the heart muscle.
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- Acute MI
- Post-MI Pericarditis
- Pericardium
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• Definition
• Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Symptoms & Signs
• Diagnosis & Tests
• Treatment
• Prognosis
• Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Pericarditis
• Pleural Effusion
• Pulmonary Edema
Tests & Exams
• CBC
• Chest MRI
• Chest X-Ray
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• ESR
• Pericardiocentesis
• Thoracic CT
• WBC Count
Surgery & Procedures
• Open Heart Surgery
Other Topics
• Breathing Difficulty
• Chest Pain
• Chronic
• Cough
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Heart Murmurs and Other Sounds
• Immune Response
• Malaise
• Pain Medications
• Stress and Anxiety
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