INFARCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infarction mean? 

• INFARCTION (noun)
  The noun INFARCTION has 1 sense:

1. localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

  Familiarity information: INFARCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFARCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

infarct; infarction

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 

It is can be congenital, trauma related or secondary to another medical condition for example an infarction.

(Cerebral Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

The date that a documented myocardial infarction occurred.

(Date of Myocardial Infarction, NCI Thesaurus)

Shock resulting from primary failure of the heart in its pumping function, as in myocardial infarction, severe cardiomyopathy, or mechanical obstruction or compression of the heart.

(Cardiogenic Shock, NCI Thesaurus)

Rupture may be due to a variety of pathological entities, however, the majority are secondary to myocardial infarction (HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION).

(Cardiac Rupture, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.

(Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V1, V2 and often V3, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the intraventricular septum and which is new compared to prior ECGs.

(New Septal Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

As other cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and myocardial infarction are in decline as causes of mortality, the heart failure problem becomes increasingly urgent.

(NFAT Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of one or more regions of the heart, without evidence of current or ongoing acute infarction.

(Old Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V1, V2 and often V3, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the intraventricular septum, without evidence of current or ongoing acute infarction.

(Old or Age Indeterminate Septal Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Documented history of previous myocardial infarction (MI), typically with objective evidence via positive biomarkers of myocardial necrosis.

(Old Myocardial Infarction, NCI Thesaurus)