1.   Although pain and dysphagia suggest the diagnosis of intramural haematoma, symptoms may be mistaken for an oesophageal perforation, a myocardial infarct, or a dissecting aortic aneurysm.

2.   A limited postmorten examination performed elsewhere found death due to a myocardial infarct.

3.   Russian officials did not say Yeltsin had suffered a heart attack, a condition known as a myocardial infarct.

4.   Dr. Alexandru Ciocalteu, the state secretary of the Health Ministry, said a detailed medical examination showed that Vasile had a myocardial infarct, or heart attack.