Arteriovenous nicking was also associated with prevalent and incident infarcts.是什么意思？

Arteriovenous nicking was also associated with prevalent and incident infarcts.

动静脉局部狭窄也同普遍和偶发的梗塞相联系.

arteriovenous

adj. 动静脉的，连接动静脉的；

例句
It was concluded that there were arteriovenous anastomosis in yak's heart.
牦牛心室肌中存在着动静脉吻合.

nicking

n. 基因巧合；v. 偷( nick的现在分词 )，割伤，逮捕；

例句
Arteriovenous nicking was also associated with prevalent and incident infarcts.
动静脉局部狭窄也同普遍和偶发的梗塞相联系.

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

also

adv. 也，同样，并且；conj. 另外；

例句
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。

associated

vt. 合伙，合营，联合，结合，联想；vi. 联系(associate的过去式和过去分词)，联盟，陪伴；n. 合伙人，伴侣，同志，联想物，附随物，会员集体；adj. （用于联合企业的名称）联合的，有关联的，联合的；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

with

prep. 和，跟，随着，关于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端着托盘进来了。

prevalent

adj. 流行的，盛行的，普遍存在的，普遍发生的；

例句
This condition is more prevalent in women than in men...
这种病症在女性当中比在男性当中更为普遍。

and

conj. 和，与，而且，于是，然后，因此；

例句
I spend a lot on expensive jewelry and clothing...
我花很多钱购买昂贵的首饰和衣服。

incident

n. 事件，事变，小插曲，敌对行动，骚乱；adj. [法]附带的，[光]入射的，易有的，附随的；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。