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Myocardial Infarction Paper

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1 This paper will be discussing the journal article “Incidence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) After Myocardial Infarction (MI) and predictors of PTSD Symptoms Post MI- A Brief Report” by Leila P. Rocha, Mary E. Charlson, Janey C. Peterson, Nimali Jayasinghe, Barnett Meyers, Martha L. Bruce, Carla Boutin-Foster. This journal article was published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. The journal published the article in 2008 (Leila P. Rocha, et al., 2008).
Myocardial Infarction (MI) is the name that is used by doctors and members of other medical professions as professional jargon for the term heart attack. What happens during a myocardial infarction is that the muscle that surrounds the heart (known as myocardium) losses its access to the blood supply. This could happen because something is blocking it the blood supply from getting to the muscle around the heart, like a clot, or because of buildup of material on the wall of the artery. The experience of having a myocardial infarction is very stressful one, it an even lead to death, this might be a reason researchers would want to research the possibility of having Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from it. During a myocardial infarctions many symptoms may appear such as, chest pain, nausea, pain in the arm, jaw or neck, cardiac arrest, and many more. If a myocardial infarction goes untreated it …show more content…

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