A pulmonary infarct is an area of lung tissue that has died due to a lack of blood supply, often resulting from a blockage in the pulmonary arteries, typically caused by a blood clot (pulmonary embolism). This condition can lead to symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, and coughing up blood. Diagnosis is typically made through imaging studies like a CT scan, and treatment may involve anticoagulants or other therapeutic interventions to restore blood flow and address the underlying cause.
Pulmonary embolism is a condition that can cause an infarct in the lungs. It occurs when a blood clot, often originating from the deep veins of the legs, travels to the pulmonary arteries and obstructs blood flow. This blockage can lead to lung tissue death (infarction) due to lack of oxygen. Other factors, such as severe pneumonia or vasculitis, can also contribute to lung infarcts.
An infarct.
heart attack
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.
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.
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.
infarct
wedge shape part across the heart
No it's called plaque.
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.
Generally no, unless blood supply is returned to the area or a supporating bacteria somehow invades the area. One of the more common locations for an infarct is in the kidneys, and the usual chronic result is fibrosis, not putrefaction.
Oxygen deprivation