SMi Source Lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction

  • SMi Source lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction has the following microlearning topics

    • 1. Myocardial Infarction: Introduction and Overview

    2. Epidemiology of Myocardial Infarction

    3. Risk Factors

    4. Knowledge Check: Epidemiology

    5. Etiology

    6. Knowledge Check: Mechanisms Underlying MI

    7. Normal Coronary Circulation

    8. Mechanism of MI from CAD

    9. Knowledge Check: Anatomy and Physiology

    10. Presentation

    11. Diagnosis

    12. Diagnosis, Misdiagnosis

    13. Knowledge Check: Chest Pain

    14. Knowledge Check: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis

    15. Management and Treatment

    16. STEMI

    17. STEMI: Reperfusion and Complications

    18. NSTEMI

    19. NSTEMI and Special Groups

    20. Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo)

    21. Knowledge Check: Clinical Management and Treatment

    22. Knowledge Check: Stress-induced Cardiomyopathy

    23. Short-term Prognosis Post-MI (STEMI and NSTEMI)

    24. Secondary Prevention

    25. Primary Prevention

    26. Knowledge Check: Clinical Prevention

  • Lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction teaches these concepts

    • Myocardial Infarction

    Myocardial Infarction: Introduction and Overview

  • Lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction addresses these key points

    • Overview

    In the U.S., 500,000 episodes of acute MI per year

    • 200/100,000 women
    • 600/100,000 men
    • 122,000 deaths due to MI

    World Health Organization (WHO)

    • 7.4 million deaths due to CHD

    Most expensive discharge diagnoses

    • $11.5 billion (MI)
    • $10.4 billion (CHD)

    Myocardial Infarction

    • Epidemiology 
    • Risk factors
    • Pathophysiology 
    • Symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment 
    • Primary and secondary prevention

  • Lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction is built from these main references. Log into SMi Source for a complete list and details.

    • 2013 Clinical Key- Elsevier. Acute MI diagnosis and treatment. https://www.clinicalkey.com/topics/gerontology/acute-myocardial-infarction.html.

    Pais, P. Early intervention and prevention of myocardial infarction. J Hypertension 2006.

    WHO- Global statistics on cardiovascular diseases. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs317/en/.

    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/documents/factbook/2012/chapter4#4_2 . NIH 2010 Cardiovascular Disease Statistics.

  • Lesson Cardiovascular: Myocardial Infarction introduces and defines these terms

    • MI = Myocardial Infarction 

    AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction 

    WHO = World Health Organization 

    CHD = Coronary Heart Disease 

    CAD = Coronary Artery Disease