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that is when a pat dies, the term is most frequently used to describe an area of the heart or brain. An infarct is caused by lack of blood flow (perfusion) or trauma.
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What is meant by multi- infarct dementia?
I am not a doctor but multi-infarct dementia would be when multiple spots of the brian have died causing the patient to fall into a series of dementia and other illnesses.
What is a bone infarct?
Bone infarct refers to ischemic death of the cellular elements of the bone and marrow.
What is meant by multu infarct demenTia?
"Multi-Infarct Dementia" means the brain has sustained many or numerous (multi) injuries, generally through Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs) or Strokes, which has produced dementia. It basically means many areas of the brain have small or even tiny areas that cannot transmit nerve signals and cannot function.
What can cause sudden cardiac death?
An infarct.
What happens when you have a infarct in your heart?
heart attack
What is Distal tibia bone infarct due to trauma?
An infarct is an area of tissue death due to loss of blood supply. A distal tibia bone infarct due to trauma, then, means tissue death at the part of the larger lower leg bone closest to the ankle. The cause of the tissue death was trauma.
Is infarct the fatty deposit of an artery?
No it's called plaque.
What is lateral infarct?
wedge shape part across the heart
What is lack of blood to a tissue fed by blocked arteries?
infarct
What is the cause of multi-infarct dementia?
The root cause of multi-infarct dementia is usually small blood clots that lodge in blood vessels in the brain, which results in the death of brain cells.
The actual damage done at the site of infarct is due to what?
Oxygen deprivation
What is the actual damage done at the site of an infarct is due to?
oxygen deprivation
