How to Use microvascular in a Sentence

microvascular

adjective
  • This type of surgery is called microvascular reconstruction surgery.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 2020-02-01
  • Shortness of breath, fatigue or pain in the jaw, left arm, back or neck may be warning signs of microvascular dysfunction or an imminent heart attack.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 2017-09-29
  • The two prevalent conditions with this issue are coronary microvascular disease and coronary vasospasm.
    — Peggy McCarthy, Hartford Courant, 2022-08-30
  • Diagnosis of microvascular disease of the brain is most commonly made by MRI.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2022-04-08
  • Garten’s first study used a different technique that assesses microvascular function, which refers to the function of the smaller arteries that branch off the big ones and thread into the muscles.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2020-03-19
  • According to Goldberg, that higher rate of microvascular dysfunction might help explain why women are more prone to blood vessel constriction when stressed.
    — Amy Norton, chicagotribune.com, 2017-12-22
  • Scott Baio‘s wife Renee Baio revealed on Saturday that she was diagnosed with microvascular brain disease.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 2018-03-10
  • As Patel writes, the second stage of the latest ear transplant, known as microvascular free tissue transfer, only became popular in the late 1990s.
    — Julissa Treviño, Smithsonian, 2018-05-16
  • In fact, cognitive decline and microvascular dysfunction are essentially universal consequences of long term smoking for everyone.
    — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 2021-06-06
  • That's a concern during the pandemic, Wittstein added, because Covid-19 damages the lungs and also causes microvascular function, where the small blood vessels of the body fail to work properly.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2022-02-10
  • Low levels of estrogen after menopause pose a significant risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease in the smaller blood vessels (coronary microvascular disease).
    — Mayo Clinic News Network (tns), The Seattle Times, 2018-02-04
  • Scott Baio's wife was diagnosed with microvascular brain disease in October 2017, the couple confirmed Saturday.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 2018-03-10
  • Researchers are exploring biologically plausible hypotheses including viral persistence, microvascular clots, gut microbiome disruption, and immune system derangements as the mechanism behind long Covid symptoms.
    — Steven Phillips, STAT, 2023-09-14

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