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Can a clot in the coronary artery cause a myocardial infarction?
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Yes, a clot in the coronary artery can cause a myocardial infarction or a heart attack. Most heart attacks are caused by blood clots that come loose from the walls of the arteries.
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What will partial obstruction of coronary artery cause?
myocardial infraction
Explain what an unheathly lifestyle can do to your coronary arteries?
it will cause deposition of cholesterol in the artery, narrowing it's lumen and may lead to ischemia, and worst obstruction may lead to myocardial infarction.
Is Coronary Heart Disease the same as a heart attack?
No. The medical term for heart attack is myocardial infarction, or the death of heart myocardium (basically the heart muscle). Coronary Heart Disease (CAD) is a disease where plaques of cholesterol are deposited in the heart's coronary arteries (which feed the heart blood during diastole). Ruptures of these plaques can cause clots in may however result or cause myocardial infarctions, due to a sudden yet complete blockage of a coronary artery.
What is the common name and cause of the medical condition called a coronary?
Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a heart attack, also called a coronary event. Most common cause of MI is blocked blood vessels in the heart.
What causes angina pectoris?
Usually a stenotic coronary artery caused by atherosclerosis. The stenotic (narrowed) artery can give a brief period of ischemia (withholding of blood) to a region of the heart, which is felt as an intense pain. Angina pectoris is a sign that a more serious episode of ischemic attack can happen for that artery. If it is left untreated, it is very likely that the artery will eventually become completely clogged and the ensuing prolonged ischemia will cause a myocardial infarction (i.e. heart attack).
Can heavy coughing cause an uncomplicated myocardial infarction?
No
What is the effect of smoking on the blood vessels?
The blood vessel gets blocked. In the heart, if one of the coronary arteries get blocked by smoking, it can cause a myocardial infarction (Heart Attack).
What results if there is blockage in the vessel?
A blockage in the coronary artery is the most common cause of heart disease. A blockage happens when there is a build up of plaque in the inner lining of the artery. This causes the artery to become narrow or blocked. Since the coronary arteries deliver blood to the heart muscle, any blockage can have serious implications. It reduces the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the heart which may lead to heart attack and possibly death.
What is a myocardial infarction also known as?
Np. Angina refers to chest pain, such as from vasospasm of the coronary arteries, or from an impending myocardial infarction. The term, myocadial infarction, refers to cardiac muscle damage and death (a small MI involving a small area of the heart, and a large MI involving a larger portion of the heart).
Is a myocardial infarction a stroke?
A myocardial infarction is a heart attack. It is caused when the cells of the muscle of the heart do not get enough oxygen and glucose, resulting in anaerobic metabolism and buildup of products of that metabolism, resulting in cellular acidosis, shutdown of cellular metabolism, and finally cell death and necrosis. In the overwhelming number of casea, this process results from the blockage of a coronary artery by a thrombus formed when a cholesterol plaque ruptures, causing a clot to form. It can be caused by several other things, however. Severe dehydration, severe hypotension, partial blockage of an artery by a large plaque that has not ruptured and other low flow states can result in not enough oxygen and glucose getting to the cells. Also, anything that increases the metabolic demands on the heart muscle can cause similar effects - sepsis with shock, toxins, drugs, and poisonings.
Does ligation of hepatic artery cause hepatic infarction?
no
What is Inferior Infarct?
An inferior infarction refers to a heart attack (myocardial infarction - MI) involving the inferior and possibly the posterior wall of the heart. This area of the heart is supplied blood by the right coronary artery and sometimes a part of it is supplied by a small branch of the left coronary artery. If the right coronary artery becomes diseases with lipid laden plaques, and a plaque ruptures, it can cause an infarction in the inferior or posterior walls of the heart. This will frequently cause chest pain, nausea, vomiting, sweating, shortness of breath, and possibly syncope. Sometimes, the only symptoms are nausea and vomiting, especially in women, the elderly, and those with Diabetes mellitus. When your physician performs an EKG, there can be changes seen in the inferior leads (II, III, aVF, and possibly V1 or V2). This is how s/he diagnoses an acute MI. You may need clotbusting medication, but if it is available, a cardiac catheterization can sometimes open the artery and prevent further damage to the cardiac muscle.
