Can infarction be treated?
By Sophia Dalton
Can infarction be treated?
How is acute myocardial infarction treated? Heart attacks require immediate treatment, so most treatments begin in the emergency room. Treatment may include taking medications to resolve blood clots, reduce pain, or slow down your heart rate.
What causes Anteroseptal infarction?
Anteroseptal myocardial infarctions are commonly caused by the rupture of an unstable atherosclerotic plaque in the left anterior descending artery. Delayed or missed diagnosis of an anteroseptal myocardial infarction can lead to high morbidity and mortality.
What is the most common cause of infarction?
The most common cause of a myocardial infarction is the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque on an artery supplying heart muscle. Plaques can become unstable, rupture, and additionally promote the formation of a blood clot that blocks the artery; this can occur in minutes.
Is infarction reversible?
After an initial period of ischemia during which restoration of supply conditions still allows structural and functional recovery of the myocardial cell, ischemic injury becomes irreversible or, in other words, reversible ischemia turns into infarction.
What does Anteroseptal infarct mean?
Anteroseptal myocardial infarction is defined by the presence of electrocardiographic Q-waves limited to precordial leads V(1) to V(2), V(3), or V(4). We sought to determine whether this term is appropriate by correlating electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and angiographic findings.
What is the drug of choice for myocardial infarction?
The pain of myocardial infarction is usually severe and requires potent opiate analgesia. Intravenous diamorphine 2.5–5 mg (repeated as necessary) is the drug of choice and is not only a powerful analgesic but also has a useful anxiolytic effect.
How is inferior infarct treated?
Fluid infusion is the mainstay of treatment for patients with RVI. In the case of an inferior MI with right ventricular involvement, the administration of nitroglycerin and morphine could cause an abrupt drop in blood pressure.
