Table 2.

Characteristics and risk factors associated with AMI

	Associated comorbidities	Onset of pain	Associated symptoms	Related procedures
EAMI	Heart disease (atrial fibrillation, rheumatic, myocardial infarction, prosthetic valve, ventricular aneurism, Chagas’ disease)	Acute	Diarrhoea, vomiting	Angiography
TAMI	Arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, dehydration, antiphospholipid syndrome, estrogens	Acute, may be recurrent	Sitophobia, postprandial pain	Vascular surgery (bypass)
VAMI	Hypercoagulable disorders, sickle cell disease, right sided heart failure, DVT, malignancies, hepatitis, pancreatitis, sepsis hepato-splenomegaly, cirrhosis	Gradual	Vague complaints	Recent abdominal surgery
NOMI	Shock, hypovolemia, hypotension, digitalis, diuretics, beta-blockers, alpha-adrenergics, enteral nutrition, critical care support	Either acute or gradual