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myocardial

British

/ ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪəl /

adjective

of or relating to the muscular tissue of the heart

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These included 874 cases of atrial fibrillation, 156 myocardial infarctions, 111 cases of heart failure, and 92 strokes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

For patients with normal heart function, defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction of at least 50 percent, beta blockers did not reduce death, heart attack, or heart failure after myocardial infarction.

From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026

Acute pneumonia and a previous myocardial infarction — a heart attack — were listed as contributing factors in his death.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

A 2025 Nature Communications study from researchers including Christman used spatial transcriptomics and single nucleus RNA sequencing to examine how injectable extracellular matrix biomaterials affect heart tissue after myocardial infarction.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

As in: Dad’s in a coma because of a myocardial infarction, which is the same thing my grandfather died of.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

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