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Abstract
NECROSIS of lung tissue that is cause by the lack of OXYGEN or blood supply. The most common cause of pulmonary infarction is a blood clot in the lung.
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- Infarction, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Infarct
- Infarct, Pulmonary
- Infarctions, Pulmonary
- Infarcts, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Infarctions
- Pulmonary Infarcts
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008 (1998)
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- Pulmonary Embolism (1963-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Infarction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054060. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054060
- Pulmonary Infarction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_infarction
- Pulmonary Infarction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13538850