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→Myocardial infarction: +def of AMI
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*Usually diagnosed clinically - with blood work (troponin, CK-MB) or EKG. | *Usually diagnosed clinically - with blood work (troponin, CK-MB) or EKG. | ||
*MI may be precipitated by cocaine use... and further exacerbated by treatment with a beta-blocker.<ref name=pmid19127137>{{cite journal |author=Mohamad T, Kondur A, Vaitkevicius P, Bachour K, Thatai D, Afonso L |title=Cocaine-induced chest pain and beta-blockade: an inner city experience |journal=Am J Ther |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=531-5 |year=2008 |pmid=19127137 |doi=10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181758cfc |url=}}</ref> | *MI may be precipitated by cocaine use... and further exacerbated by treatment with a beta-blocker.<ref name=pmid19127137>{{cite journal |author=Mohamad T, Kondur A, Vaitkevicius P, Bachour K, Thatai D, Afonso L |title=Cocaine-induced chest pain and beta-blockade: an inner city experience |journal=Am J Ther |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=531-5 |year=2008 |pmid=19127137 |doi=10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181758cfc |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Acute myocardial infarction (abbreviated AMI) = MI < 6 hours old.<ref name=pmid19258462>{{Cite journal | last1 = Senter | first1 = S. | last2 = Francis | first2 = GS. | title = A new, precise definition of acute myocardial infarction. | journal = Cleve Clin J Med | volume = 76 | issue = 3 | pages = 159-66 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi = 10.3949/ccjm.75a.08092 | PMID = 19258462 | URL = http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/3/159.full }}</ref> | |||
**Usually no [[PMN]] infiltrate. | |||
Classic symptoms: | Classic symptoms: | ||