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  2. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Coronary ischemia, myocardial ischemia, [1] or cardiac ischemia, [2] is a medical term for abnormally reduced blood flow in the coronary circulation through the coronary arteries. [3] Coronary ischemia is linked to heart disease , and heart attacks . [ 4 ]

  3. Ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Ischemia or ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to any tissue, muscle group, or organ of the body, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Ischemia is generally caused by problems with blood vessels , with resultant damage to or dysfunction of tissue, i.e., hypoxia and ...

  4. IPA consonant chart with audio - Wikipedia

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    The following are the non-pulmonic consonants.They are sounds whose airflow is not dependent on the lungs. These include clicks (found in the Khoisan languages and some neighboring Bantu languages of Africa), implosives (found in languages such as Sindhi, Hausa, Swahili and Vietnamese), and ejectives (found in many Amerindian and Caucasian languages).

  5. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    sound Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) phonograph, symphony phos-of or pertaining to light or its chemical properties, now historic and used rarely. See the common root phot-below. Greek φῶς, φᾰ́ος, φωτ- (phôs, pháos), light phosphene: phot-of or pertaining to light Greek φωτω-(phōtō-), < φῶς (phôs), light photopathy: phren ...

  6. Ischemic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Ischemic cardiomyopathy is a type of cardiomyopathy caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. [4] Typically, patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy have a history of acute myocardial infarction , [ 5 ] however, it may occur in patients with coronary artery disease , but without a past history of acute ...

  7. International Phonetic Alphabet chart - Wikipedia

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    The following is the chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet, a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the International Phonetic Association. It is not a complete list of all possible speech sounds in the world's languages, only those about which stand-alone articles exist in this encyclopedia.

  8. Stroke - Wikipedia

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    Lactic acid is an irritant which could potentially destroy cells since it is an acid and disrupts the normal acid-base balance in the brain. The ischemia area is referred to as the "ischemic penumbra". [68] After the initial ischemic event the penumbra transitions from a tissue remodeling characterized by damage to a remodeling characterized by ...

  9. Infarction - Wikipedia

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    The resulting ischemia (restriction in blood supply) and oxygen shortage, if left untreated for a sufficient period of time, can cause damage or kill heart muscle tissue . Histopathology at high magnification of a normal brain neuron, and a brain infarction at approximately 24 hours on H&E stain : The neurons become hypereosinophilic and there ...