ischemia

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And people with silent ischemia -- which, translated into English, means they don't have any symptoms -- it takes even longer for them to get to the hospital.

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  1. noun A decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ, tissue, or part caused by constriction or obstruction of the blood vessels.

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  • Magnetocardiograms in clinical medicine: unique information on cardiac ischemia, arrhythmias, and fetal diagnosis. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • "If the air pollution-associated ST-segment changes represent either myocardial inflammation or risk of ischemia, then it is possible that reduction in regional traffic and non-traffic associated air pollution may reduce heart attack or risk for either ischemia, arrhythmia or heart failure in patients with coronary artery disease in the period after hospitalization," Gold said. —  Livescience.com
  • The stem cells honed into the area of ischemia -- inadequate blood supply -- and induced blood vessel repair. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • Vascular compression by pneumatic compression may improve local perfusion by enhancing venous and lymphatic drainage and relieving mild and otherwise subclinical ischemia, the researchers said. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
  • The registry study included 122 limbs in 103 patients treated for critical limb ischemia -- initially with infrapopliteal angioplasty revascularization, and then a stent as bailout when that failed. —  MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians
 

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  1. New Latin ischaemia, from Greek iskhaimos, a stopping of the blood : iskhein, to keep back; see segh- in Indo-European roots + haima, blood.
 

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