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- noun Plural form of
infarct .
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Examples
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Once the heart muscle has been damaged by a series of infarcts which is what I’m assuming happened here based on the history I extracted from Jimmy’s blog post, it can’t pump properly.
Carbohydrates are addictive | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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The research showed that both large infarcts, which are visible on brain imaging, and smaller microinfarcts were present in 110 26% of the 418 cases.
Seeing Signs of a Panic Attack Before One Happens Ann Lukits 2011
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"We think exercise is protecting against the development of brain infarcts, and the hope is with lower risk of having these events, you'd also be at lower risk of dementia or stroke."
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"We think exercise is protecting against the development of brain infarcts, and the hope is with lower risk of having these events, you'd also be at lower risk of dementia or stroke."
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"Maybe the people who exercised less already had some infarcts and were less steady on their feet," he says.
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Large and small infarcts, and arteriolosclerosis, were significantly associated with Parkinson-like symptoms, especially impaired gait.
Seeing Signs of a Panic Attack Before One Happens Ann Lukits 2011
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The young woman whose story opened this article suffered infarcts of the mid-brain, probably secondary to the episode of hyperthermia.
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"We think exercise is protecting against the development of brain infarcts, and the hope is with lower risk of having these events, you'd also be at lower risk of dementia or stroke."
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Services include transcranial Doppler studies for stroke prevention, abdominal ultrasound for gallstones, imaging of the bones to evaluate avascular necrosis, and imaging of the brain for detection of silent infarcts.
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"Maybe the people who exercised less already had some infarcts and were less steady on their feet," he says.
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