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Infarction

"Infarction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Formation of an infarct, which is NECROSIS in tissue due to local ISCHEMIA resulting from obstruction of BLOOD CIRCULATION, most commonly by a THROMBUS or EMBOLUS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infarction" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infarction" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012
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