ischemia
noun
is·che·mia
i-ˈskē-mē-ə 
: deficient supply of blood to a body part (such as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
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According to experts, the majority of patients who experience claudication will not develop severe vascular disease, like chronic limb-threatening ischemia.
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Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2023
As for adults, Volkow notes a possible upside: Radio waves akin to cell-phone signals might be therapeutically useful for stimulating the brains of patients suffering from ischemia or stroke.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012
Mexican local news outlet, El Universal, reported that Wozniak had suffered a cerebrovascular (ischemia) accident.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
This results in a lack of blood flow in the GI system, a problem known as intestinal ischemia.
—Elizabeth Pratt, Health, 30 June 2023
The British singer, who was 46 at the time of his death, died of cardiac arrhythmia, acute myocardia ischemia, and severe coronary artery atheroma and intraplaque hemorrhage, according to the certificate obtained by People.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
Myocardial ischemia, meanwhile, is when reduced blood flow to a person's heart keeps the heart from getting enough oxygen, impeding its ability to properly pump blood, per the Mayo Clinic.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
McCabe says keeping the body alive from the brain stem down defeats warm ischemia, the restriction or loss of blood flow after conventional death.
—Dick Teresi, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2012
Many of them suffer from what’s known as chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a form of peripheral artery disease that narrows people’s arteries.
—Mehdi Shishehbor, STAT, 28 Apr. 2023
Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2023
As for adults, Volkow notes a possible upside: Radio waves akin to cell-phone signals might be therapeutically useful for stimulating the brains of patients suffering from ischemia or stroke.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2012
Mexican local news outlet, El Universal, reported that Wozniak had suffered a cerebrovascular (ischemia) accident.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
This results in a lack of blood flow in the GI system, a problem known as intestinal ischemia.
—Elizabeth Pratt, Health, 30 June 2023
The British singer, who was 46 at the time of his death, died of cardiac arrhythmia, acute myocardia ischemia, and severe coronary artery atheroma and intraplaque hemorrhage, according to the certificate obtained by People.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2023
Myocardial ischemia, meanwhile, is when reduced blood flow to a person's heart keeps the heart from getting enough oxygen, impeding its ability to properly pump blood, per the Mayo Clinic.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
McCabe says keeping the body alive from the brain stem down defeats warm ischemia, the restriction or loss of blood flow after conventional death.
—Dick Teresi, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2012
Many of them suffer from what’s known as chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a form of peripheral artery disease that narrows people’s arteries.
—Mehdi Shishehbor, STAT, 28 Apr. 2023
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ischemia
noun
isch·emia
variants
or chiefly British ischaemia
: deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood (as by the narrowing of arteries by spasm or disease)
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