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Death of an area of tissue due to lack of blood supply.  It is often used in the term myocardial infarction (MI) which is the medical term for a heart attack. This occurs when a coronary artery (blood vessel supplying part of the heart) becomes blocked.  An infarct (area of dead tissue) can be very small or very large.