MI complications (by location- wall damaged)

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I just spent 2 hours trying to find complications/effects commonly seen in MI:

inferior wall damage

lateral wall damage

anterior wall damage

posterior wall damage

Pretty new at the heart thing/ any help would be appreciated!

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

an mi is the culmination of acute coronary syndrome (acs). where the infarct occurs in the anatomy of the hearts circulatory system is the result of the damage that is sustained. general complications of acs and mi are listed here: http://www.fpnotebook.com/cv/cad/actcrnrysyndrm.htm

i suggest you read the information about coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes in the online merck manual which i have linked you into below for a better understanding of how mis are classified and for information about the different damage you are looking for. there is an article on emedicine that describes all the various complications that can occur with the different mis that i also listed below. it may require reading over more than once--it was written for physicians. you can search on emedicine for more articles about mis.

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