According to the book of Exodus, it was treatment like this that caused Moses to kill an Egyptian and run away from Egypt. 15th Century B.C. Egyptian tomb fresco This fresco, or wall painting, is from a 15th century B.C. tomb in Egypt.
The most common sites of myocardial infarction are in the left ventricle, that chamber of the heart which has the greatest workload. Tissue changes that occur in the myocardium are related to the extent to which the cells have been deprived of oxygen.
Sixty-eight (17 per cent) of 380 patients with acute myocardial. infarction had the bradycardia-hypotension syndrome (ventricu-. lar rate below 80/min and systolic blood pressure less than 100. mm Hg) during the first 24 hours of admission to a large general. hospital.