During a severe heart attack many heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue to stabilize the heart wall.

Confused about the difference between a myocardial infarction and a heart attack Read ahead as an expert explains the causes symptoms and why acting fast is crucial for your heart health ...

Rupture of the heart, however, has been repeatedly noted to be an early complication of myocardial infarction, occurring frequently in the first four days of the illness. 17,19,23,24,38,43 Silent ...

A STEMI, or ST-elevation myocardial infarction, occurs when one of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle is blocked, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Kurisu, S, Sato, H, Kawagoe, T, et al. Tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction with ST-segment elevation: a novel cardiac syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2002;143: ...

Heart failure is the consequence of cardiomyocyte death or dysfunction, which is most commonly caused by myocardial infarction, hypertension, valve disease, infiltration, infection, chemotherapy ...

Nearly half of long-term male athletes have evidence of myocardial fibrosis in the absence of symptoms, significantly raising their risk for arrhythmias, a new study finds.