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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0001-60022025000300111</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51481/amc.v67i3.1460</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Qué significa la palabra &#8220;infarto&#8221;?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[What does the word &#8220;infarction&#8221; mean?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez-Sotelo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Oswaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Escuela de Medicina ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ San José]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>111</fpage>
<lpage>112</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022025000300111&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022025000300111&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022025000300111&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se comenta la relevancia del lenguaje claro en medicina con respecto al término médico &#8220;infarto del miocardio&#8221;, dado que su significado clínico y pronóstico ha evolucionado con el tiempo y se ha convertido en un término del lenguaje natural y popular, lo cual puede llevar a confusión o error.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The relevance of plain language in medicine is discussed with respect to the medical term &#8220;myocardial infarction&#8221;, given that its clinical meaning and prognosis have evolved over time and have become a term in natural and popular language, which can lead to confusion or error.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infarto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[síndrome coronario agudo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[injuria miocárdica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[infarction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[acute coronary syndrome]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[myocardial injury]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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