Essays on Myocardial Infarction

Myocardial Infarction As An Irreversible Damage Of Myocardial Tissue  First of all we have to know about the heart, heart is a fist-sized muscular organ that is located in the center of the chest behind sternum slightly titled to the left, it is basically double pump, it provides the force needed to circulate the blood...

Patient’s information Gender  Male Age 64 Height 183cm or 1.83m Weight 116kg BMI 35.8 (Obese) Waist circumference 40.2 inches Medical history Smoking for 15 years, 1 incident of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Hypertension/Blood pressure Stage 2 hypertensive = 160/120 mm Hg Family history Obesity, Father had AMI Maximum Heart Rate (MHR) 220-64 = 156bmp Resting...

If genetic predisposal to coronary artery disease and individual sleep patterns are accounted for, is there any association between sleep duration and risk of myocardial infarction? For a long time, scientists thought that our brain and body were inactive during sleep. But studies during the 21st century have proved to differ that thought. Indeed during...