Common use of Heart Attack Clause in Contracts

Heart Attack. The death of a portion of heart muscle, due to inadequate blood supply, that has resulted in all of the following evidence of acute myocardial infarction: i) typical chest pain ii) new characteristic electrocardiographic changes, and

Heart Attack. i. The death of a portion of heart muscle, due to inadequate blood supply, that has resulted in all of the following evidence of acute myocardial infarction: i) 1. typical chest pain ii) pain 2. new characteristic electrocardiographic changes, and 3. the characteristic rise of cardiac enzymes, troponins or other biochemical markers; where all of the above shows a definite acute myocardial infarction. ii. Other acute coronary syndromes, including but not limited to angina, are not covered under this definition.