coronary occlusion

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. partial or total obstruction of a coronary artery, as by a thrombus, usually resulting in infarction of the myocardium.

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Etymology

Origin of coronary occlusion

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The cause listed on her death certificate was acute coronary occlusion.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

"Dwight Eisenhower's 1955 heart attack, the most highly publicized coronary occlusion in history, is usually cited as the trigger of this national impulse to perspire for the sake of health," the article explained.

From Time • Jun. 7, 2017

Such a man was Robert Samuel Kerr that when he died last week at 66, of a coronary occlusion, after two weeks in a hospital, neither his friends nor his enemies could really believe it.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are already several surgical approaches designed to repair hearts after coronary occlusion but before the damage becomes near-total and irreversible, as it had in the transplant patients.

From Time Magazine Archive

He said death was caused by a left coronary occlusion, which is a heart attack via a blood clot.

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