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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's an infarct; not an aneurysm.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not an infarct either. It's an extrinsic stenosis which, as depicted, wouldn't be enough to cause thrombosis and even if it was tight enough - the thrombus would form downstream of the restriction until occlusion of the artery, rather than forming like a dam.

An infarct would be the damage to the tissue caused by ischaemia, as a result of loss of arterial supply.

What OP needs is an image of atherosclerosis, preferably in a coronary artery.

[–] droans 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm like 40% certain half of those are real words.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'm 60% certain my profession isn't real, so we're probably both right.

[–] DefyTheLegends 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, they're not going to call it 'oh no biggie clotty make bloody stoppy'.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You ain't seen GP referrals.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Call it “Clotty McClotface”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You're god damn right.