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infarction
infarction (in-fark-shŏn) n. the death of part or the whole of an organ that occurs when the artery carrying its blood supply is obstructed by a blood clot (thrombus) or an embolus. See also
myocardial infarction.
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Neonatal myocardial infarction due to thrombotic occlusion
Magazine article from: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Abstract Neonatal myocardial infarction is rare and its prognosis...Discussion Neonatal myocardial infarction may result in death or severe...diseases, most of these infarctions are probably due to thromboembolic...left ventricular myocardial infarction. However, we diagnosed...
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Clinicoradiological Features of Pulmonary Infarctions Mimicking Lung Cancer
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...revealed pulmonary infarction associated with...CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary infarctions can closely mimic...occur in pulmonary infarctions may produce malignant...possibility of pulmonary infarction should be considered...Radiologically, pulmonary infarctions present typically...patients, ...
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Acute myocardial infarction in a 14-year-old male with normal coronary arteries.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; To the Editor: Acute myocardial infarction may occur when the coronary arteries...formation in the pathogenesis of myocardial infarction. Coronary artery spasm may also play...in initiating coronary occlusion and infarction. There is strong evidence to suggest...
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Severe RV infarction can be manifested with limited or no increase in Tei index.
Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly; 5/18/2003; 700+ words
; ...amp; NewsRx.net) -- Severe RV infarction can be manifested with limited or no...ventricular (RV) Tei index and RV infarction has not been investigated. "The relation...the RV Tei index and severity of RV infarction was evaluated in 25 patients with inferior...
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Lymph node infarction: An immunohistochemical study of 11 cases
Magazine article from: Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Context.-The etiology of lymph node infarction may be difficult or impossible to determine...histologic examination. Lymph node infarction is followed by malignant lymphoma in...immunohistochemistry in the evaluation of lymph node infarction is not well defined. Although it is...
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The changing face of mesenteric infarction / Discussion
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Intestinal infarction remains a devastating event despite...Thirty-one patients (26%) developed infarction while hospitalized for another disease...with obstruction as the etiology of infarction caused this number to rise to 39 per...
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Will the Real Myocardial Infarction Please Stand Up?
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...labeled as having suffered a myocardial infarction, that individual's ability to hold...treatment of patients with myocardial infarction. Unfortunately, clinicians and clinical...different definitions of myocardial infarction. For example, characteristics used...
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The clinical spectrum of splenic infarction
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...California Two recent cases of splenic infarction of unusual cause stimulated a review...with pathologic diagnosis of splenic infarction seen at a large metropolitan private...analyzed included sex, age, etiology of infarction, underlying diseases, diagnostic tests...
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Research on infarction reported by F. Wiesbauer et al.
Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly; 12/20/2009; 683 words
; ...study to assess if the risk of myocardial infarction at a very young age (a parts per thousand...investigators in Vienna, Austria report (see also Infarction). "Consecutive myocardial infarction patients were recruited in the immediate...
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Perioperative Myocardial Infarction and Risk of Death with and without Preoperative Beta Blockers
Magazine article from: The American Surgeon; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...POSTOPERATIVE MYOCARDIAL infarction is a well described complication...perioperative myocardial infarction. This study reports the...perioperative myocardial infarctions and either received preoperative...Center who suffered myocardial infarction from 1998 through 2006...
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Spinal Cord Infarction
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Spinal cord infarction Definition Spinal cord infarction (sometimes called spinal stroke ) refers to injury to...cord due to oxygen deprivation. Description Spinal cord infarction occurs when one of the three major arteries that supply...
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infarction
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
infarction blockage of blood circulation...resulting in tissue death. Infarctions commonly occur in the spleen...emergency known as myocardial infarction or heart attack is usually...The seriousness of the infarction is dependent upon the amount...
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myocardial infarction
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
myocardial infarction see under infarction .
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Troponins Test
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...attacks (myocardial infarctions). Purpose When heart...as in a myocardial infarction (MI), troponins...if any symptoms. If infarction is ruled out in a person...diagnose myocardial infarctions. Cardiac markers are...after a myocardial infarction. Others include CK...
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Ventricular Aneurysm
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...complication of a heart attack (myocardial infarction). It is a ballooning of a section of a...several days or weeks after an acute myocardial infarction. Description A myocardial infarction occurs when a section of the heart wall is...
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