Difference between myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction?!
Question: Difference between myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction!?
i know that one is necrosis of the heart tissue but how do you distinguish between the two without being able to see that!? aren't the symptoms the same!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Ischemia is a decrease in blood flow to the heart muscle, infarction is damage to the heart that involves the death of a certain amount of heart muscle!. The doctor can distinguish the difference from the EKG and laboratory tests!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I believe a myocardial infarction is a "heart attack", while myocardial ischemia is a lack of oxygen to the heart (most likely due to clogged arteries) which can be ongoing without having an actual "heart attack" Ischemia is probably a precurser to a heart attack!.Www@Answer-Health@Com