Sentence examples for infarct from inspiring English sources
noun
An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
The dead tissue is called an infarct.
When administered intravenously soon after a coronary occlusion has formed, streptokinase is effective in reestablishing the flow of blood through the heart and vessels after a heart attack and in limiting the size of the area of infarct (tissue death).
Hemiballismus is a form of chorea caused by a small infarct of the subthalamic nucleus; wild, flinging movements occur on one side of the body.
Bleeding may also occur with malformations of arteries and veins, into an infarct, and with blood diseases that impair coagulation.
(The area of dead nervous tissue is known as an infarct).
When a stroke occurs and the brain suffers "a hemorrhagic infarct," the body experiences a colossal disturbance of its innate sensory equilibrium.
Multi-infarct dementia results from numerous small strokes which impair brain function so that the individual has global intellectual impairment.
This type of dementia, called multi-infarct, or vascular, dementia results from a series of small strokes that progressively destroy the brain.
In 2000 he was diagnosed with multi-infarct dementia, and the next 15 years saw his sharp intelligence being eroded.
King's attending physician said he died of multi-infarct dementia.
The medical term was multi-infarct dementia.
