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infarct

Death and scarring of a portion of the tissue in an organ, as a result of congestion or blockage of a blood vessel serving it. Myocardial infarction is the technical term for a heart attack.



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However, people who had infarcts on their brain scans were more likely to experience mild cognitive impairment in abilities other than memory loss.
These findings from a prospective longitudinal study are consistent with those of the recent cross-sectional CAMERA (Cerebral Abnormalities in Migraine, an Epidemiological Risk Analysis) study (JAMA 2004;291:427-34), "the only other study that measured infarcts on MRI, which also found the migraine-associated infarcts to be preferentially located in the
Dr Virtanen added: 'Previous findings have shown that fish and fish oil can help prevent stroke, but this is one of the only studies that looks at fish's effect on silent brain infarcts in healthy, older people.
 
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