Sentences with phrase «when ischemia»
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When someone has a heart attack due to a blocked artery, the heart is deprived of oxygen (an effect called ischemia) and cells die.
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«Therapeutic angiogenesis, when growth factors are injected to encourage new vessels to grow, is a promising experimental method to treat ischemia,» said Chen.
As a result, Hausenloy said the results suggest the procedure may still be beneficial in other medical settings of acute ischemia / reperfusion injury, such as when treating heart attack patients or in organ transplantation.
The micro CT scans clarified that when the hind limb of a mouse suffers from ischemia, the inferior gluteal artery expands and functions as a bypass.
When this occurs, chest pains (called angina) manifest as the primary symptom of ischemia.
Patients with critical limb ischemia have leg pain even when resting and sores that don't heal because of lack of circulation, Lookstein said.