Myocardial infarction is the in
which an area this tissue or the
heart muscle dies by dueto
lack of blood . Myocardial
infarction is a disease since on
the of its extension the
can fail, i.e., it no longer
pump blood the lungs or to body
or it can stop beating (causing
death).

main cause of myocardial
is coronary obstruction, blocking the
arteries that carry blood to the
heart . Other events like
hemodynamic (circulation
stoppage due to hemorrhages, for
example) can cause myocardial
infarction.