Definition of Myocardial infarct

1. Noun. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

Exact synonyms: Mi, Myocardial Infarction
Group relationships: Heart Attack
Generic synonyms: Infarct, Infarction

Definition of Myocardial infarct

1. Noun. (cardiology pathology) (alternative form of myocardial infarction) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myocardial Infarct

mynchens
myncheries
mynchery
mynde
myndes
mynheer
mynheers
myo-
myoblast
myoblastic
myoblasts
myocadiac
myocardia
myocardial
myocardial-infarct
myocardial infarct (current term)
myocardial infarction
myocardial infarctions
myocardial infarcts
myocardial inflammation
myocardial ischaemia
myocardin
myocardioblast
myocardioblasts
myocardiocyte
myocardiocytes
myocardiopathy
myocarditis
myocarditises
myocardium

Literary usage of Myocardial infarct

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Health Effects of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Report of the edited by Lauren Zeise, Amy J. Dunn (2000)
"Exposure to ETS increased myocardial infarct size in a (Sprague-Dawley) rat model of ischemia and reperfusion, and longer ETS exposure produced a larger ..."

2. Proceedings of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Symposium on edited by Judith H. LaRosa, Michael J. Horan, Eugene R. Passamani (1996)
"Intravenous nitroglycerin therapy to limit myocardial infarct size, expansion and complications: effect of timing, dosage and infarct location. ..."

3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"Temporal factors in the reduction of myocardial infarct volume by methylprednisolone. Surgery 80:6l-69. ..."

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