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;the patient sustained an anterior Myocardial infarction;myocardial infarction
:Myocardial infarction is necrosis of myocardial tissue which occurs as a result of a deprivation of blood supply, and thus oxygen, to the heart tissue. Blockage of blood supply to the myocardium is caused by occlusion of a coronary artery.
;weighing 675 grams;The heart weighed 530 grams;The patient's heart weighed 410 grams
:A normal heart weighs 300 grams (range: 270 to 360 grams).
:Epistaxis is bleeding from the nose.
;512%eosinophilia
:A normal eosinophil count is less than 5%.
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