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myocardial

British  
/ ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the muscular tissue of the heart

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The condition forces the heart to work too hard and can cause a host of other serious medical problems, such as stroke, myocardial infarction, kidney damage and vision loss.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

And myocardial bridging refers to a coronary artery that passes through a band of heart muscle instead of lying on top of it.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Similarly, a January paper in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology determined that people who use dentures are more likely to have coronary artery disease, strokes, myocardial infarctions, heart failures and type 2 diabetes.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

Heart disease remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, causing irreparable damage to cardiac muscle cells.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

As in: JB says that he hates basketball because it was the one thing that Dad loved the most besides us and it was the one thing that caused his myocardial infarction.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander