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Ischemia

Decrease in the flow of blood to an organ. The lesions of the organ depend on the severity of the ischemia. Thus, the consequences of this reduction in blood flow at tissue-level can have reversible consequences when the ischemia is moderate or temporary, but a severe and/or persistent ischemia can lead to the destruction of tissue (necrosis, ulcers, infarction). When the myocardiac ischemia is silent (with no tell-tale signs) it is possible to detect it thanks to electrocardiogram.

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