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So a heart-attack is a result of a block artery. This blockage can prevent blood flow to the muscle of the heart. If this is the case, the muscle ca become damaged.
So to answer your question, the vessels are not necessarily getting damaged during a heart attack. It's the muscle. However there are three vessel the supply the heart with blood. Below is each vessel and the muscle wall that could be damage in a heart-attack.
Right Coronary Artery(RCA): Inferior wall
Left Anterior Descending (LAD): Anterior Wall
Curcumflex(Cx): Lateral wall
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What poison causes heart attack?
How about cocaine. It causes vaso-constriction of blood vessels in your body including vessels in your heart, which can result in a heart attack.
What narrows the blood vessels and can cause a heart attack?
nicotine
Can meths use enlarge the heart?
increased heart rate & blood pressure, damaged blood vessels in the brain that can cause an irregular heartbeat that can cause cardiovascular collapse or death, permanent damage to blood vessels of the heart, & heart attack.
Is arteriosclerosis another name for heart attack?
No. Arteriosclerosis is the progressive narrowing of the blood vessels that leads to a heart attack.
What vessels are damaged during a heart attack?
Heart attacks or myocardial infarctions are caused by blockages of the coronary arteries or the blood vessels that provide the blood supply to the heart muscle itself.
What are two diseases that affect the heart?
A heart attack and high blood pressure:coronary heart disease - disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle (For example: Heart attack/ Myocardial infarction)cerebrovascular disease - disease of the blood vessels supplying the brain (For example: Stroke)
What are the effects of blockages in blood vessels on heart besides stroke heart attack or angina?
I think you about covered all the likely outcomes for blocked coronary blood vessels.
You just want to no what causes chest pain after a heart attack?
Chest pain after a heart attack or during a heart attck is caused by constriction of the blood vessels. Your heart needs blood to survive and when the vessels constrict, it limits bloodflow to your heart. This causes intense pain--that is why you are given nitroglycerin tablets. Nitro opens the vessels.
The blockage of which blood vessel causes a heart attack?
It is not really the blood vessel that starts a heart attack. Instead, it is the process of narrowing of the arteries that causes it. The heart has 3 main blood vessels that supply different parts of it. If any of these vessels get completely blocked by a blood clot or fat deposition, it could lead to a heart attack. Even if the branches of these vessels get blocked, it could lead to a heart attack.
Can high cholesterol cause heat attack?
High cholesterol can definitely cause heart attack. As cholesterol accumulate in vessels, the cholesterol start to accumulate, clotting the vessels and blocking and reducing the diameter of the vessels. This cause the heart to be obligated to pump blood harder, exercing stress on the heart and potentially causing heart attack.!!
If a blockage occurs in one of the blood vessels of the heart What is likely to be the effect of this blockage?
A heart attack or myocardial infarction.
What is the medical term meaning condition that usually involves a clot in one of the blood vessels that supply the heart?
A heart attack or myocardial infarction is the medical term for a clot blocking one of the blood vessels that supply the heart.
