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In medicine, an infarction is the process resulting in a macroscopic area of necrotic tissue in some organ caused by loss of adequate blood supply. Supplying arteries may be blocked from within by some obstruction , or may be mechanically compressed or ruptured by trauma. Infarction is commonly associated with atherosclerosis, where an atherosclerotic plaque ruptures, a thrombus forms on the surface occluding the blood flow and occasionally forming an...


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    infarction saying "you cannot say post here, it means bumping " i gain nothing for the bumps(though from the offers submitted as a post (so called bump as per the infarction) !! I am aware of all the rules

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    infarction. Ever since the first incident (which was 10 months ago) I have had pain in my lower right the infarction occurred but it s always in the lower abdomen. The multitude of doctors can not explain

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    these (which I suppose happen to be the predominant symptoms of a myocardial infarction). I checked my So, here I am at work, wondering if I just had a heart attack even though I'm not too sure....

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  • What is myocardial infarction?

    Myocardial infarction is the medical term for heart attack. Heart attack means there has been death of heart cells. This is the result of a complete blockage of one of ...

  • What causes myocardial infarction?

    The basic disease process that leads to myocardial infarction is atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. An atherosclerotic plaque is a complex structure made up of cells, cholesterol, and other ...

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    We apologise if our use of the word "history" in an earlier version of these web pages led to confusion. What we meant was: has the patient themselves already had ...

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