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CardiovascularSevere
Myocardial Infarction
Cardiology · Cardiovascular
Severe
Severity
Common — a leading cause of death in India, with rising incidence and increasingly younger patients affected
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Cardiology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque within a coronary artery
- 2triggering formation of a blood clot that suddenly blocks blood flow to part of the heart muscle. Underlying risk factors include coronary artery disease
- 3high cholesterol
- 4hypertension
- 5diabetes
- 6smoking
- 7and obesity
- 8all of which promote plaque formation and instability. Acute triggers can include intense physical exertion
- 9severe emotional stress
- 10cocaine use
- 11and extreme cold exposure in susceptible individuals.
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