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.
Second, the artery to the atrioventricular node arises from the right coronary 90% of the time, and any degree of new atrioventricular block suggests the right as the culprit; a caveat here is that inferior myocardial infarction, especially early in its course, often is accompanied by an increase in vagal tone that could be responsible, at least in ...