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The myocard (cardiac muscle), the muscle that makes your heart pump, needs oxygen to function. This oxygen is distributed through the blood that flows in the coronary arteries, which lie around the cardiac muscle. When there is not enough oxygen in your blood, the cardiac muscle does not get enough oxygen to fully function and your heart will not be able to function, over time. This starts at about 3 minutes after stopping to get oxygen.
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Why do people think they are having a heart attack when they really have coronary artrey disease?
The pain of lack of oxygen to the heart (angina) is similar in both heart attack and coronary artery disease. Heart attack is the presence of damage to the heart as a result of this lack of oxygen.
Will lack of sleep cause heart attacks?
A lack of sleep makes it more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, but is not known to actually cause one.
Obstruction of the airways lead to?
Obstruction of the airway can lead to many different things. It can lead to death due to lack of oxygen, it can cause damage to the brain due to lack of oxygen, and it can cause a person to have a stroke or heart attack.
When part of the heart muscle dies from lack of oxygen and the entire organ stops working the result is?
A heart attack
When part of the heart muscle died from lack of oxygen and the entire organ stops working the result is?
heart attack
What does possible anterior infarct on an EKG mean?
They suffered a heart attack and the outcome is death to a portion of the heart tissue from lack of oxygen.
What distinguishes a stroke from a heart attack?
Yes.Because the arteries in the heart are cloggedA stroke is a disruption of the blood supply to the brain can cause part of the brain not to function. A heart attack is an interruption of the blood supply to the heart due to for example, blockage of artery leading to the heart. Causes heart cells to die.
Can half your heart shut down or die due to a heart attack?
Yes, your heart can shut down or die due to a heart attack. In a heart attack, heart muscle dies as a result of lack of oxygen. This tissue death can lead to conduction abnormalities that make the heart work ineffectively or stop working altogether.
What is ishemia?
Ischamia is the lack of oxygen to a certain part of the body. For example in a heart attack, the heart muscle undergoes ischaemia because blood can't reach the heart muscle cells.
You are an illness due to lack of oxygen and you look like sleeping?
stroke
What are defects of the circulatory system that lead to heart attacks?
Mainly atherosclerosis which is a condition also called hardening of the arteries. When 70% of the circulation to the heart is obstructed by plaque and deposits, then the heart does not get enough oxygen. This can cause a heart attack if the person exerts themselves. The other condition called angina pectoris is pain in the heart because of lack of oxygen. If heart muscle cells die due to a lack of oxygen it is called a myocaridial infarction.
The lack of oxygen in the heart is know as?
anoxia
