Ischemia

Introduction: Ischemia

Description of Ischemia

Ischemia (medical condition): Inadequate blood supply to tissues, usually caused by a problem in the blood...more »

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Ischemia: local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Ischemia: blood deficiency in an organ or tissue caused by a constriction or obstruction of its blood vessels.
Source: CRISP

Ischemia: A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.
Source: MeSH 2007

Ischemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Ischemia:

• Local
• Local pain
• Anemia (926 causes)
• Anemia symptoms (926 causes)
• Body
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• Body pain (23 causes)
• Part

Ischemia as a Disease

Ischemia (medical condition): See Ischemia (disease information).
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Ischemia: Related Diseases

Ischemia: Ischemia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Circulatory system conditions

More information on medical condition: Ischemia:

• Information about Ischemia
• Basic Summary for Ischemia
• Symptoms of Ischemia
• Treatments for Ischemia

Ischemia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Ischemia:

• hypoglycemia
• atherosclerosis
• hypotension
• thromboembolism
• sickle cell disease
• superior mesenteric artery ischemia
• amniotic fluid embolism
• septic shock

Terms associated with Ischemia:

Terms Similar to Ischemia:

• ischaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Ischemia:

• Brain Ischemia
• Compartment Syndromes
• Infarction
• Reperfusion Injury
• Colitis, Ischemic
• Myocardial Ischemia
• Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic
• Spinal Cord Ischemia

Source - MeSH 2007

• cerebral ischemia /hypoxia
• ischemic preconditioning
• liver ischemia /hypoxia
• lung ischemia /hypoxia
• myocardial ischemia /hypoxia
• renal ischemia /hypoxia

Source - CRISP

• ischemic stroke
• ischaemic stroke
• transient ischemic attack
• TIA

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Ischemia

• Vascular Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

• blood vessel disorder

Source - CRISP

• anemia
• anaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Ischemia:

• artery occlusion

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Ischemia

The following list attempts to classify Ischemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• anaemia,anemia
• blood disease,blood disorder
• blood dyscrasia
• dyscrasia
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Vascular Diseases
    • Ischemia

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