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Descriptor English: Pulmonary Infarction
Descriptor Spanish: Infarto Pulmonar
Descriptor infarto pulmonar
Entry term(s) infarto de pulmón
infartos pulmonares
Scope note: NECROSIS del tejido pulmonar causada por falta de OXÍGENO o de flujo sanguíneo. La causa más frecuente es la presencia de un trombo en el pulmón.
Descriptor Portuguese: Infarto Pulmonar
Descriptor French: Infarctus pulmonaire
Entry term(s): Infarct, Pulmonary
Infarction, Pulmonary
Infarctions, Pulmonary
Infarcts, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Infarct
Pulmonary Infarctions
Pulmonary Infarcts
Tree number(s): C08.381.746.500
C14.907.355.350.700.500
C23.550.513.355.875
C23.550.717.489.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054060
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pulmonary Embolism (1963-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see PULMONARY EMBOLISM 1998-2007
History Note: 2008 (1998)
Entry Version: PULM INFARCT
DeCS ID: 52586
Unique ID: D054060
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2019/07/02
Pulmonary Infarction - Preferred
Concept UI M0018127
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Pulmonary Infarction
Entry term(s) Infarct, Pulmonary
Infarction, Pulmonary
Infarctions, Pulmonary
Infarcts, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Infarct
Pulmonary Infarctions
Pulmonary Infarcts



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