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INFARCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("infarction" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "infarction"):
MI; myocardial infarct; myocardial infarction (destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle)
Context examples:
A myocardial infarction that does not produce elevation in the ST segments of the ECG.
(Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of ST and T wave abnormalities in the absence of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction in one or more regions of the heart.
(Non Q Wave Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of an acute myocardial infarction which produces characteristic elevations of the ST segment of the ECG.
(Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a peptide secreted by the atrial wall in response to increased atrial pressure such as occurs during cardiac failure and to be decreased by myocardial infarction.
(Corticosteroid Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V3 through V6, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute Anterolateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Evidence of inferior or lateral myocardial infarction is usually also present.
(Acute Posterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.
(Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of one or more regions of the heart.
(Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An electrocardiographic assessment of findings that suggest the occurrence of a myocardial infarction.
(Myocardial Infarction ECG Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
A common form of dementia caused by multiple cortical or subcortical cerebral infarctions.
(Multi-Infarct Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)
