Question 1

what are the symptoms of placenta infarction?

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HTN, FGR, oligo.: Placental infarction is a pathologically determined diagnosis that underlies a multitude of adverse perinatal outcomes such as fetal growth restriction, oligohydramnios, placental failure, preeclampsia/hypertension and placental abruption. It has symptoms of preeclampsia, small uterus and stillbirth.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: placenta infarction?

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Death of placnt. seg: When an area which is fed by a set of blood vessels loses that blood supply it dies.  In the absence of infection this tissue will eventually degenerate and be replaced by scar tissue, so it is easy to identify after delivey when looking at the placenta.

Question 3

what is the treatment for placenta infarction?

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Here are my thoughts: Placental infarcts, if they occur in an ongoing pregnancy, would lead me to have concern for the well being of the fetus. So addressing the underlying disease that caused the infarcts is important. In addition testing of the fetus for its well being should occur. I might also treat the mom so that the fetus received the best placental function possible, examples: rest, hydration & possibly oxygen.

Question 4

is it possible for you to see a placental infarction on an ultrasound?

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Difficult to see: Most placental infacts are difficult to see on ultrasound.Sometimes they may be seen as a hypoechoic region affecting the placenta.

Question 5

how do infarction and gangrene differ?

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Infarction is the...: Death of tissue, like a myocardial infarction (heart attack) or a brain infarction (stroke).  Gangrene implies an  infection, not necessarily of dead tissue but it generally leads to dead tissue.

Question 6

where do most myocardial infarctions occur?

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Varies: You have three main blood vessels feeding the heart - the right coronary, left circumflex, and the left anterior descending arteries.  Narrowing can occur in any of the vessels and can be significant in any one or combination of these vessels.  Bypass of the left anterior descending artery has shown the best change for improvement in life expectancy.

Question 7

what is the definition of non-q-wave infarction?

Accepted Answer

See answer.: A non Q wave myocardial infarction is an electrocariographic phenomenon. It usually implies a heart attack with less extensive damage than a Q wave one which implies damage from the inner wall to the outer wall of the heart. The findings on the electrocardiogram can be variable and must be correlated with the patient's symptoms and blood tests which confirm damage to the heart muscle.

Question 8

are onion and garlic good to myocardiac infarction patients?

Accepted Answer

OK: I am not aware of any harmful effects of garlic or onions in patients with ischemic heart disease or after a myocardial infarction.

Question 9

what is cardiac infarction?

Accepted Answer

Heart attack: It's another term for heart attack.  Nothing else.

Question 10

what is a renal infarction?

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Kidney death: If the blood supply to the kidney is blocked or damaged (by clot or trauma), kidney tissue dies.  Renal infarction can involve some or all of 1 or both kidneys.  Since the kidneys are a vital organ and they don't regenerate if dead (they can recover from acute tubular necrosis, a separate condition) this is potentially very serious and warrants specialty evaluation/care.

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