Atlas of Pathos Chapter 6

• Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with or without stent placement • Atropine, lidocaine, transcutaneous pacing patches or a transvenous pacemaker, a defibrillator, and epinephrine

• Beta-adrenergic blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and magnesium sulfate

C a r d i o v a s c u l a r D i s o r d e r s

TISSUE DESTRUCTION IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Arch of aorta

Superior vena cava

Pulmonary trunk

Right atrium

Left atrium

Right coronary artery

Circumflex branch of left coronary artery

Papillary muscle

Left anterior descending artery

Damaged muscle from myocardial infarction

Zones of myocardial infarction

Reversible ischemia Severe ischemia (recovery possible with revascularization) Necrosis

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