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The patient is experiencing chest pain and pain radiating to his arms, jaw and back. His physician diagnosed his condition as a myocardial infarction. The patient asks what happened to him. The best response is:

(a) You had a heart attack. (b) Your aortic valve was malformed at birth causing a disruption in blood flow. (c) All patients who are as overweight as you will have a heart attack. (d) One or more arteries that supply blood to your heart is blocked, thereby preventing blood from flowing to your cardiac muscles.

Sanjukta · Accepted Answer

a) You had a heart attack
As his physician diagnosed his condition as myocardial infarction and it is other name of heart attack.

The patient is experiencing chest pain and pain radiating to his arms, jaw and back. His physician diagnosed his condition as a myocardial infarction. The patient asks what happened to him. The best...

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