Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Ischemia is a condition in which there is insufficient blood flow to a part of the body. It is often caused by plaque building up and thickening or hardening ...

The principles of drug therapy for myocardial ischemia in elderly patients are ... and nadolol may alleviate the central nervous system symptoms. Calcium channel blockers are usually not ...

Classical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction include sudden chest pain (typically radiating to the left arm or left side of the neck), shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, palpitations ...

Heart attack symptoms are always variable ... This is called silent myocardial ischemia and occurs more commonly in diabetics ...

including symptoms of angina at rest and flash pulmonary edema. A distinction should be made between myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction. Ischemia means that the amount of blood supplied ...

This is a classic example of atrioventricular nodal blocks that can occur with inferior wall myocardial infarctions ... can result in AV nodal ischemia and AV conduction abnormalities such ...

In conclusion, this study is the first to demonstrate that even in the newborn, sex-specific differences exist in myocardial metabolism and response to ischemia. Compared with males, the left ...

Unfortunately, due to the absence of symptoms and the atypical presentation of myocardial ischemia in elderly persons, CAD will not be diagnosed in many of these patients until an acute MI occurs.