Exercise 5. Answer the following questins: What is myocardial infarction?
What is the most common cause of myocardial infarction?
What are the important risk factors for myocardial infarction?
List all possible symptoms of myocardial infarction.
What diagnostic tests are used to detect heart muscle damage?
What should people do to decrease the risk of a recurrent myocardial infarction?
Exercise 6. Read and translate the following word-combinations: Interruption of blood supply; rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque; intense exertions; obesity, chronic kidney disease and heart failure; a sensation of tightness, pressure, or squeezing; angina pectoris, a feeling of indigestion and fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and palpitation, to decreasethe risk of a recurrent myocardial infarction.
2) Process of eliminating fluid through the pores of the skin;
3) Burning sensation beneath the breastbone caused by irritation of the esophagus;
4) Feeling of unease or a mild sickness;
5) Difficulty in digesting food, accompanied by abdominal pain, belching, etc.;
6) Pressure in the chest;
7) Abnormal sound heard through a stethoscope over the region of the heart;
8) Any deviation from the normal rhythm in the heartbeat.