Partial or total obstruction of a coronary artery, usually resulting in a myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Example sentencesExamples
He had a second coronary occlusion and repeated by-pass surgery in 1990, and he shared insight into the mental disability he experienced following this procedure and described the time required for recovery.
The probability of plaque rupture and coronary occlusion is determined by the biological features of a lesion and not by the degree of stenosis.
Then came the breakthrough discoveries that thrombotic coronary occlusion caused myocardial infarction and that balloon catheters could cross the occlusion, squash the thrombus, and re-establish flow.
The mechanisms responsible for acute ischemia include fissure and/or rupture of plaque, stimulation and aggregation of platelets, and eventual thrombus formation, with resultant coronary occlusion.
A consummate surgeon and teacher, Cushing died on October 7, 1939, of a coronary occlusion, yet he continues to inspire generations of physicians.
Definition of coronary occlusion in US English:
coronary occlusion
noun
Partial or total obstruction of a coronary artery, usually resulting in a myocardial infarction (heart attack).
Example sentencesExamples
The probability of plaque rupture and coronary occlusion is determined by the biological features of a lesion and not by the degree of stenosis.
The mechanisms responsible for acute ischemia include fissure and/or rupture of plaque, stimulation and aggregation of platelets, and eventual thrombus formation, with resultant coronary occlusion.
He had a second coronary occlusion and repeated by-pass surgery in 1990, and he shared insight into the mental disability he experienced following this procedure and described the time required for recovery.
Then came the breakthrough discoveries that thrombotic coronary occlusion caused myocardial infarction and that balloon catheters could cross the occlusion, squash the thrombus, and re-establish flow.
A consummate surgeon and teacher, Cushing died on October 7, 1939, of a coronary occlusion, yet he continues to inspire generations of physicians.