{"id":25366,"date":"2018-08-29T01:24:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T01:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=25366"},"modified":"2022-11-15T18:00:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:30:41","slug":"myocardial-injury-vs-myocardial-infarction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/myocardial-injury-vs-myocardial-infarction\/","title":{"rendered":"Myocardial injury vs Myocardial infarction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V2H3Y2dKqBc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Myocardial injury vs Myocardial infarction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Elevated cardiac troponin levels indicate myocardial injury. But all cases of troponin elevation are not due to myocardial ischemia.<\/span> If there is clinical evidence of myocardial ischemia or ECG changes consistent with myocardial ischemia, associated with rise in troponin followed by a fall or a fall from initially elevated levels, then a diagnosis of myocardial infarction can be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Ischemic discomfort can be in the chest, upper limbs, mandible or epigastrium. This can occur at rest or with exertion. The discomfort is diffuse and not localised like a pricking pain at one point. Usually there is no change with position or movement of the affected part. Other symptoms (anginal equivalents) like dyspnea or fatigue can occur.<\/p>\n<p>Myocardial injury without infarction can occur with hypotension, kidney disease, anemia, ventricular arrhythmia and heart failure. These conditions might as well be associated with myocardial infarction occasionally.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Kristian Thygesen , Joseph S. Alpert , Allan S. Jaffe , Bernard R. Chaitman , Jeroen J. Bax , David A. Morrow , Harvey D. White ,&nbsp;and the Executive Group on behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)\/American College of Cardiology (ACC)\/American Heart Association (AHA)\/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30571511\/\">Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018)<\/a>. Circulation. 2018 Nov 13;138(20):e618-e651.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myocardial injury vs Myocardial infarction Elevated cardiac troponin levels indicate myocardial injury. 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