What is a myocardial infarction?

Condition analysis:
A heart attack. Also called an AMI, acute myocardial infarction. It means that the heart is deprived of oxygen, because of lessened or lack of bloodflow to the heart.

Instructions:
Some common are causes of Cerebral Infarction follows:
-- A blood vessel carrying blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot. This is called an ischemic stroke .

-- A blood vessel breaks open, causing blood to leak into the brain. This is a hemmorhagic stroke .

-- High blood pressure is the number one reason that you might have a stroke. The risk of stroke is also increased by age, family history of stroke, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease.

-- Men have more strokes than women. But, women have a risk of stroke during pregnancy and the weeks immediately after pregnancy.

-- Cocaine use, alcohol abuse, head injury, and bleeding disorders increase the risk of bleeding into the brain.