Difference between revisions of "Myocardial infarction"

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| Caption    = Contraction band necrosis - a finding of MI. [[H&E stain]].
| Caption    = Contraction band necrosis - a finding of MI. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = wavy fibers, myocyte [[necrosis]] with loss of cross striations, [[contraction band necrosis|contraction bands]], edema, hemorrhage, neutrophilic infiltrate, pyknosis of nuclei, loss of nuclei (karyolysis), loss of striations, macrophage and mononuclear infiltration, fibrovascular response, fibrovascular response, [[granulation tissue]], myocardial fibrosis (old)
| Micro      = early to late: wavy fibers, myocyte [[necrosis]] with loss of cross striations, [[contraction band necrosis|contraction bands]], edema, hemorrhage, neutrophilic infiltrate, pyknosis of nuclei, loss of nuclei (karyolysis), macrophage and mononuclear infiltration, fibrovascular response, [[granulation tissue]], myocardial fibrosis
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[cardiac amyloidosis]] for old infarct, [[myocarditis]]
| LMDDx      = [[cardiac amyloidosis]] for old infarct, [[myocarditis]]
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| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
| IF        =
| IF        =
| Gross      = myocardial pallor, hyperemia (redness), yellow lesion with hyperemic border, white (fibrosis)
| Gross      = early to late: myocardial pallor, hyperemia (redness), yellow lesion with hyperemic border, white (fibrosis)
| Grossing  =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[heart]]
| Site      = [[heart]]
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| Prognosis  = dependent on extent
| Prognosis  = dependent on extent
| Other      =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = varies by presentation - usu. [[aortic dissection]], [[acute pneumonia]], [[pulmonary embolism]], GI pathology,   
| ClinDDx    = varies by presentation - usu. [[aortic dissection]], [[acute infectinous pneumonia]], [[pulmonary embolism]], GI pathology,   
| Tx        =
| Tx        =
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