References and Links
Useful websites
www.patient.co.uk/health/Myocardial-Infarction-(Heart-Attack).htm
www.medicinenet.com/heart_attack/article.htm
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/disorders/cad/mi_whathappens.aspx
www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart_disease_heart_attacks
Other sources
Wikipedia Commons provided copyright friendly images.
Flickr also provided images under the creative commons licence.
Further reading
Chow, C. K et al (2009).
Environmental and societal influences acting on cardiovascular risk factors and disease at a population level: a review.
Journal of international epidemiology. 38; 1580-1594.
Clerico, A et al (2009)
High-sensitivity troponin: a new tool for pathophysiological investigation and clinical practice.
Advanced clinical chemistry. 49;1-30.
Glassberg, H (2009)
Statins in the prevention of heart failure after myocardial infarction.
Current Heart Failure Reports. 6; 215-219.
Pedersen, S. H et al (2009).
Field Triage Reduces Treatment Delay and Improves Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 54; 2296-2302.
Pfaff, K. A et al (2009).
Comparing the psychological stress between non-smoking patients and smoking patients who experience abrupt smoking cessation during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction: a pilot study.
Canadian journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 19; 26-32
Steptoe, A (2009).
The impact of natural disasters on myocardial infarction.
Heart. 95;1972-1973.
Rosengren, A et al (2009).
Education and risk for acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study.
Heart. 95;2014-2022.
Yanez, D. N et al (2009).
Sibling history of myocardial infarction or stroke and risk of cardiovascular disease in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study.
Annals of Epidemiology. 19; 858-866