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| Question | Answer |
| What is it? | Acute coronary syndrome in which coronary artery is partially or totally occluded by emboli/thrombus causing hypoxia (causing pain) - without treatment this hypoxia will lead to myocardial cell death and necrosis of the affected part of the heart |
| STEMI | Full thickness or transmural myocardial infarction - the entire wall of the heart is affected. Shows up on ECG as st elevation. (S T myocardial infarction) - much more serious usually with worse symptoms and prognosis |
| N-STEMI | Partial thickness tissue damage to the wall of the heart. Shows up on ECG as T wave inversion or ST depression. |
| Cardiac biomarkers in the blood work indicative of MI | - Troponins T & I CK-MB myoglobins (not specific to cardiac tissue so not as well-used) |
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