Hypoxia and Medicine

ischemia jpg

ischemia jpg

Summary: i e from an energy dependent cell suicide process and the formation of an infarct a region of dead tissue below This process may be partially blocked by appropriate therapy Re establishment of blood flow reperfusion and re oxygenation of the affected area is critical to limit irreversible damage However reperfusion also brings potentially damaging

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