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What is the significance of coronary ischemia?
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Blood flow limited: It means that the heart muscle is not getting enough blood flow to meet its metabolic demands to carry out the required activities. This usually connotes a narrowing ("blockage") in one of the major coronary arteries that supplies heart muscle with blood, and hence oxygen.
Answered 5/12/2015
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Poor perfusion: Ischemia is caused by low or inadequate blood flow and oxygen delivery to a tissue: heart attack stroke amputation renal failure are sequellae of ischemia coronary are the heart arteries and identification of ischemia is to treat and prevent heart attack if possible.
Answered 12/9/2013
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