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How Can Heart Attacks Be Mild And Acute Simultaneously?

How can heart attacks be mild and acute simultaneously?
Fri, 11 Dec 2009
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Acute is a time reference--meaning happening now and/or over a brief period of time (as opposed to chronic which means happening over a long period of time). Mild is in reference to severity.
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How Can Heart Attacks Be Mild And Acute Simultaneously?

Acute is a time reference--meaning happening now and/or over a brief period of time (as opposed to chronic which means happening over a long period of time). Mild is in reference to severity.