infarct

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The next steps are to find a way to neutralize the harmful protein and test if this can reduce VT burden and infarct size.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

A left occipital infarct is a type of ischaemic stroke, which is caused by a blood clot clogging an artery in a brain.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

If the alarm clock suddenly rings an hour earlier than usual, a weak heart can suffer an infarct.

From Scientific American • Mar. 7, 2013

A provisional cause of death has been given as "large hemorrhagic right-sided cerebral infarct", which is regarded as a stroke, according to the coroner's office.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2012

If they do, of course the signs will be in the part in which the infarct occurs.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)