mnemonics

risk factor for atherosclerosis: atheroma
A -arterial hypertension
T -tobacco
H -Heredity ( familial hypercholesterolemia)
E -Endocrine (DM,postmenopausal estrogen deficiency, and hypothyroidism)
R -Reduced physical activity
O -Obesity
M -Male gender
A -Age

risk factors for IHD : has lipids
H - hereditary
A - Age
S - Sex (male)
L - lipidemia
I - increased weight (obesity)
P - pressure (arterial)
I - Inactivity (sedentary lifestyle)
D - DM
S- smoking

complications of MI : appearance
A- arrthythmia
P- pump failure
P- pericarditis
E- extension of the infarct
A- asystole (heart block of ventricular fibrillation)
R- Rupture (free wall of the ventricle,septum,or papillary muscle)
A- Aneurysms of the ventricle
N- nervousness( fear of reinfarction)
C- Coagulation problems (mural thrombosis)
E- Emboli