Zeitschrift für Vaskulitis

A commentary on Infarction

Abstract

Mona Hosny

Infarction is tissue death necrosis due to inadequate blood supply to the affected area. It may be caused by artery blockages, rupture, mechanical compression, or vasoconstriction. The resulting lesion is referred to as an infarct from the Latin infarctus, "stuffed into". Infarction, death of tissue resulting from a failure of blood supply, commonly due to obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot or narrowing of the blood-vessel channel. The dead tissue is called an infarct. Myocardial infarction heart attack death of a section of heart muscle results from obstruction of a coronary artery; the condition often accompanies coronary thrombosis. Infarctions may also occur in the lungs pulmonary infarction and the brain see stroke.