NR 283 Week 6 Pathophysiological Processes (RUA): The Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction (GRADED A)

The Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction Chamberlain University College of Nursing NR283: Pathophysiology The Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Mechanic and Grossman (2020), there are over three million people in the world each year that are dying from a very serious disease of Acute Myocardial Infarction (Acute MI) also commonly known as a Heart Attack, in which more than over one million of that number of deaths are in the United States. An Acute Myocardial Infarction is a blockage or clot that is preventing blood to flow to the heart which will cause tissue damage to the coronary arteries. Your coronary arteries are vessels that circulate oxygenated blood to your heart and by having blocked arteries could lead to multiple heart attacks and or even death. There are many risks factors that lead to an Acute MI, like stress, overweight/obesity, high blood pressure, family history of heart attacks, and or tobacco use (there are many more risk factors, these are just the more common causes). Most Acute MI’s are developed in elder aged individuals and most deaths are commonly seen in women than in men, but the signs in b Show Less