Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0438 short lesson, about 20 seconds
An Infarction
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The idea
An infarction is the death of tissue resulting from a loss of blood supply.
In practice
A myocardial infarction is death of heart muscle tissue.
Where people slip
Ischemia is reduced supply; infarction is the tissue death that can follow.
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