vasospasm
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Vasospasm refers to a condition in which an arterial spasm leads to vasoconstriction. This can lead to tissue ischemia (insufficient blood flow) and tissue death (necrosis).
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Within Vinony's link graph, vasospasm is referenced by 93 other articles, and connects out to coronary artery vasospasm, diabetes and obesity.
Vinony files it under Angiology and Neurosurgery.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Vasospasm
- Medical condition (new).field
- Cardiology, neurosurgery
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- Instance of
- clinical sign
- Subclass of
- vasoconstriction
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- health specialty
- angiology
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- Contraindications
- Corrective therapy
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Vasospasm refers to a condition in which an arterial spasm leads to vasoconstriction. This can lead to tissue ischemia (insufficient blood flow) and tissue death (necrosis).
Along with physical resistance, vasospasm is a main cause of ischemia. Like physical resistance, vasospasms can occur due to atherosclerosis. Vasospasm is the major cause of Prinzmetal's angina.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “vasospasm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.