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Acute Myocardial Infarction
A. General Information
Myocardial infraction (MI) causes the death of myocardial tissue from inadequate blood supply to the myocardium.
MIs are classified according to the layer of myocardial tissue involved.
A subendocardial or nontransmural MI is limited to the inner half of the ventricular muscles; a transmural MI involves the entire thickness of the myocardium.
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