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a decrease in bloodflow to the brain due to narrowing of the arteries
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Can stress cause ischemia?
Ischemia almost always is caused by blockage of an artery, usually due to atherosclerotic plaque.
What is mild vascular calcification in a non contrast CT Scan?
Mild vascular calcification in a non contrast CT scan shows mild coronary artery disease. Changes in diet and medication can treat these beginning stages of mild coronary artery disease.
What are the symptoms of intestinal ischemia?
Symptoms of intestinal ischemia include sudden abdominal pain. The pain can range from mild to severe. A sudden needs to use the bathroom, frequent and forceful stools, tenderness in the abdomen, bloody stools, vomiting and fever.
ALT elevations?
significant...hepatitis, hepatic necrosis, hepatic ischemia, shock liver.....moderate elevation: cirrhosis, obstruction....mild: pancreatitis, mono, shock, drugs
Patient experiences severe ischemia what can happen to heart?
Ischemia is a medical term meaning insufficient oxygen ... usually caused by insufficient blood flow. If the ischemia is occurring in the heart it will probably cause some type of cardiac problem: anything from mild cardiac failure (not pumping all the blood that the body demands) to pain (angina) to death of some or all of the cardiac muscle (a heart attack).
What is mild reversible ischemia?
a term cardiologists use to indicate that a persons heart can be saved with an intervention before an event like a heart attack. the intervention is usually a stent or bypass, depending on the severity and vessels invloved.
What is ischemia of atherosclerotic cerebrovascular?
Ischemia is a restriction of blood supply.Atherosclerosis is the build up of cholesterol and plaque in the arteries.Cerebrovascular, vascular means related to blood vessels, and cerebro means dealing with the brain.Adding that all up it means the restriction of blood supply to the brain caused by plaque buildup, which is generally the first step in getting a stroke.
What is the term for decreased blood flow?
Ischemia is the medical term for decreased blood flow. Ischemia limits the supply of oxygen to tissues.
What is recommended treatment for anterior wall ischemia -?
Anterior wall ischemia
What is the meaning for negative for provocable myocardial ischemia?
what is the meaning of negative for provocable ischemia
How do you diagnose an obstruction complicated by ischemia?
It depends where the obstruction and ischemia are suspected of being located.
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible ischemia?
what is reversible vs irreversible ischemia in the brain
