Myocardial infarction:A heart attack. AbbreviatedMI.
The term "myocardialinfarction" focuses on themyocardium(the heartmuscle) and the changes that occurinit due to the sudden deprivation of circulatingblood. The main change isnecrosis(death) of myocardialtissue.
The word "infarction" comes from the Latin "infarcire" meaning "to plug up or cram." It refers to the clogging of theartery.
