A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology:

Heart Attack. Definition. Damage to cardiac muscle from ischemia. CAD (Fig. 5.15) Muscle tissue doesn’t repair; replaced by scar tissue. Damaged area = infarct. Heart attack = myocardial infarction. Demographics. Number 1 cause of death in the United States. 1 million heart attacks/year (1:5 deaths) 500,000+ deaths/year. 13 million survivors ... ................
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