Mnemonics : Risk factors for IHD & Complications of MI

Came across these 2 mnemonics in the book , Pathology SECRETS 2nd edition, by Ivan Damjanov.

1. Risk factors of IHD - has lipids

• H Hereditary
• A Age
• S Sex (male)
• L Lipidemia
• I Increased weight (obesity)
• P Pressure (arterial)
• I Inactivity (sedentary lifestyle)
• D Diabetes
  
• S Smoking

2. Complications of MI - appearance

• A Arrhythmia
• P Pump failure
• P Pericarditis
  
• E Extension of the infarct
• A Asystole (Heart block or VF)
  
• 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
  

p/s : all the best to fellow friends who have internal diseases and obstetrics exam tomorrow.