acute myocardial infarction

noun

Medical Definition of acute myocardial infarction

: heart attack Treatment during the first few hours after acute myocardial infarction is critical to the long-term prognosis …— Gilles Montalescot et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 21 June 2001 —abbreviation AMI

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