infarct

Example Sentences

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Officer Sicknick died from “acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to basilar artery thrombosis,” Dr. Diaz ruled, meaning a serious stroke.

From New York Times

The meager staff has to manage everything that comes its way, “from malaria to myocardial infarcts to convulsions to head injuries,” Dr. Mathew said.

From New York Times

Doctors, for instance, have several ways of describing the same concept — a heart attack might be referred to as a myocardial infarction, a myocardial infarct or even just ‘MI’.

From Nature

Before what her hospital records list as “a right temporoparietal infarct,” Ma was blunt, unconventional and such a monument of self-confidence you could have sold tickets.

From New York Times

An MRI later determined that Harris had suffered a stroke: an acute infarct deep inside the brain that affects growth locomotive movement and cognitive processing.

From Washington Times