Conditions
MI
myocardial infarction
Death of heart muscle from interrupted blood supply. Infarction means tissue death from lost perfusion, which is what separates it from ischemia — reduced supply without death.
How it gets tested
The ischemia/infarction distinction is the item, and it generalizes to every organ.
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