infarction

IPA: ɪnfˈɑrkʃʌn

Examples of "infarction" in Sentences

AMI: acute myocardial infarction, aka heart attack.
Coronary infarction is a major cause of death in most industrialized countries.
The AMI, acute myocardial infarction, which is a doctor's big word so they can charge you more money -- means a heart attack.
That’s very important, because one of the major problems for people suffering a myocardial infarction is that the heart is damaged and doesn’t pump blood nearly as well.
Their serum cholesterol levels are five times higher than in healthy persons, and severe atherosclerosis and coronary infarction is seen already in adolescence, or even earlier.
A 2006 analysis of 138 randomized trials and almost 150 000 participants showed that selective COX-2 inhibitors are associated with a moderately increased risk of vascular events, mainly due to a twofold increased risk of myocardial infarction, that is heart attacks, and also that high-dose regimens of some traditional NSAIDs such as diclofenac and ibuprofen are associated with a similar increase in risk of vascular events.