The pathology of acute myocardial infarction: definition, location, pathogenesis, effects of reperfusion, complications, and sequelae.
This article reviews the definition, locations, and pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction and provides a review of the pathology of acute reperfusion therapy. Various complications and sequelae of acute myocardial infarction are also surveyed.
D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis