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what is anteroseptal infarct?

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Heart Attack: Infarction is a heart attack, anteroseptal describes the location, which is the front wall of the heart, and the wall between the ventricles.  This generally would have been cause by an occlusion in the left anterior descending coronary artery. (lad).

Question 2

what do you mean by small chronic infarct?

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Well...: It means that it is old, small, and an area that died due to lack of oxygen. These are common in older folks on ct's and mri's of the head, expecially with history of high blood pressure.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: infarct?

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Tissue death: It means an area of tissue death due to lack of oxygen most commonly associated with heart attacks and strokes.

Question 4

wwhat is peri -infarct ischemia?

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Lack of blood flow.: "Ischemia" means a relative lack of blood flow (i.e., less blood flow than expected or less flow than noted on a prior scan).
Peri-infarct means around the area of cell death (infarction).
Upload the report &amp; images on HealthTap Prime to discuss in more detail. But the basic gist is that around the area of death, there is an area of less blood flow than there should be.

Question 5

general prognosis of an inferior myocardial infarct?

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It depends on the: age, location, associated complications, speed of diagnosis and treatment, country of event and many other factors. In the US when treated within 90 minutes the prognosis is excellent.

Question 6

what is an old inferior infarct, old anterior infarct, and possible septal q-waves?

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Infarcts: Infarcts are areas of heart muscle damage or scars. They can be deemed to be acute or old depending on associated EKG patterns. Q waves are often patterns of myocardial infarction. The above abnormalities are felt to be on the bottom and front of the left ventricle and possibly on the septum which is a wall between the left and right ventricles. This is a significant amount of heart muscle damage.

Question 7

what does infarct on spleen mean and how is it treated. what tests need to be performed.

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Compromised tissue: An infarct is a decrease in blood supply to an area. In the spleen if the tissues don't get blood supply the tissue becomes necrotic and infarcts. Te good news is that if the majority of the splenic tissue is healthy.

Question 8

contour abnormality consider anterolateral infarct consistent with inferior infarct probably old what does that mean?

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Need moreinformation: Was this a nuclear stress test?   infarct means a prior heart attack you mention two different walls of the heart . Tests can have artifacts and can sometimes have false positives - will need more information such as history , indication for the test  , risk factors for heart disease etc

Question 9

what does cannot rule out anterior infarct age undetermined mean? and what does nonspecific t wave abnormality now evident in anterior leads?

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: Both of these are common ECG reports where there is uncertainty as to the cause ECG "abnormalities" since similar changes may also occur due to technical factors such as placement of he electrodes at the wrong site, variability in the heart position  due to thoracic abormalities, ,electrolyte change setc. In my opinion it is always better to mention the "abnormalities" rather than make a diagnosis

Question 10

what makes a lacunar infarct chronic?

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All chronic: Infarct means death of tissue secondary to obstructed blood flow.  Lacunar is a tiny area.  Once event has occurred, the nerve cells do not grow back locally, but compensatory pathways arise.  Key lesson, therapies can prevent stroke events.  Talk to your doctor.

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