"Pulmonary Infarction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D054060
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.746.500 C14.907.355.350.700.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Infarction- Pulmonary Infarction
- Infarctions, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Infarctions
- Infarction, Pulmonary
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