Question 1

what is st elevation myocardial infarction?

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Big heart attack: Stemi is term for a large and dangerous kind of heart attack.  It usually requires emergency treatment with clot buster medications or a stent.

Question 2

whats the meaning of "st elevation myocardial infarction (stemi)"?

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Severe Heart Attack: Heart attacks - the lay term for myocardial infarction - comes in two levels of severity..Non-st-elevation (nstemi) and st-elevation (stemi) which refer to changes on an ekg and broadly reflect if an arterial occlusion is total or subtotal.

Question 3

any new latest findings in treatment for st elevation myocardial infarction?

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STEMI: Most recent thing i've seen is a report that stem cell treatment didn't improve ventricular function. This is still very preliminary however.

Question 4

on ecg- what does st elevation - high take off mean? a myocardial infarction?

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No: It's early repolariztion, a normal variant.

Question 5

reason for st segment elevation in myocardial infarction?

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Electrical: A heart attack damages muscles in the heart.  The flow of the electrical current throughout the wall changes when having to go around the damaged muscle, resulting in certain ekg changes,  since ekg's show the path of electrical current in the heart.  There are different changes, de[ending on which part of the muscle is damaged.

Question 6

why is there st segment elevation during a myocardial infarction?

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Ecg: The ST segment elevation is caused by an electrical potential difference in that phase of the cardiac cycle between the dying cardiac muscle and normal parts of the heart and the vector direction of that potential difference as manifest on the ecg.

Question 7

is myocardial infarction caused by an infection?

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No: Well i shouldn't be so definite. Who would have thought that ulcers would be caused by infection. There has been noted to be an increase in heart attacks related to certain infections including those involving the gums, so the cause and effect question has been raised. It has been suggested that inflammation plays a role. But at this time i think most doubt the cause and effect relationship.

Question 8

how does hypertension cause myocardial infarction?

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Work of heart: Too high of a pressure increases heart work and aggravates coronary disease or muscle dysfunction.

Question 9

myocardial infarction causes?

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Many poss causes: Almost all heart attacks are the result of fatty deposits on the inside of arteries that break open and cause clotting which will blocks the artery (and the blood from flowing to the part of the heart the artery feeds).  Family history, fatty diet, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and other disorders can all contribute to this process.

Question 10

what is causes of myocardial infarction in young?

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Variable: A congenital anomaly of one or  more heart( coronary arteries) vessels
high blood pressure
high cholesterol
high triglycerides
smoking
depends on what you mean as young?

Cocaine abuse is a problem.

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