Glossary
- myocardial infarction
- Myocardial infarction
- Myocardial infarction is necrosis of myocardial tissue which occurs as a result of a deprivation of blood supply, and thus oxygen, to the heart tissue. Blockage of blood supply to the myocardium is caused by occlusion of a coronary artery.
- 410 grams
- A normal heart weighs 300 grams (range: 270 to 360 grams).
- atherosclerotic narrowing
- Atherosclerosis is the deposition of lipid into the intima of arteries, resulting in narrowing of the vessel lumen.
- thrombus
- A thrombus is a solid mass resulting from the aggregation of blood constituents within the vascular system.
- palliative surgery
- Palliative surgery provides alleviation but is not curative.
- 15,256 cells/cm
- A normal white blood cell count is 4000-11,000 cells/cm^2.
- infiltrates
- infiltrate
- An infiltrate is an accumulation of cells in the lung parenchyma--this is a sign of pneumonia.
- consolidated
- Consolidation is the filling of lung air spaces with exudate--this is a sign of pneumonia.
- abscesses
- abscess
- An abscess is a collection of pus (white blood cells) within a cavity formed by disintegrated tissue.