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You did not specify which artery. If it is one supplying the heart, it will affect the heart's efficiency. If it becomes completely clogged, part of the heart muscle will die unless the blockage is relieved.
If it is an artery to a limb or organ, the heart will have to work harder, and the amount of blood it can push through the artery will slowly become lessened. Eventually, there will be problems at the other end, and perhaps with the heart as well.
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Are Heart attacks caused by a blood clot that forms in a coronary artery?
That is one cause. If any blood vessel gets blocked by a blod clot or an air embolism, it can cause a heart attack. The heart can also stop beating if the electrical system gets disrupted due to an electrical shock, or some type of congenital defect in the electrical system.
What are the differences between an artery and a vein?
Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the other parts of the body. Arteries also have thicker walls as the blood pressure is much higher having a closer proximity to the heart. Veins carry the blood back from the other areas of the body to the heart. Simply put, an artery carries blood out of the heart, and a vein carries blood into the heart.
What are the dangers of losing a lot of blood from the femoral artery?
You can die, If your Femoral artery gets cut you will be given a few minutes to live.
What happens if heart gets bigger?
Certain diseases cause the heart muscle to get big or flabby. In either, the heart can't pump as effectively. This can result in hypertension, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart Attack, etc.
Coronary artery bypass graft (using two arterial grafts)?
It is used when there is nearly complete or totally complete blockage in one or more coronary arteries (often after myocardial infarction/heart attack or coronary syndrome, in which there has been no loss of functioning heart muscle, but there has been significant chest pain along with functional decline).
What happens to oxygen when it reaches the lungs?
it becomes oxygenated and travels through the pulmonary artery back to the heart where it then gets pumped to the body
What happens to a line when the slope is a smaller and smaller?
As the slope gets smaller and smaller the line gets flatter and flatter (or more horizontal).
What happens to the quotient as the divisor gets larger?
It gets smaller.
What is the meaning of acute myocardial?
Acute myocardial ischemia happens when the coronary artery gets blocked. As a result the blood and the oxygen supply to the heart reduces and the heart muscles can not work properly. This means heart fails to pump efficiently leading to a cardiac arrest.
What happens if the brachiocephalic artery gets blocked?
u can die? you can have dsyfunction to the brian, right arm...
What happens when the value of the slope gets smaller?
The line gets less steep.
What happens if you jag off to much?
iT GETS SMALLER
What happens when your heart hearts?
you eather have a heart attack or you die or you blood is going to slow
The blood always flows through the blood vessels in a certain way and how does the blood flow through the blood vessels once it leaves the heart?
It always flows the same way. It leaves the heart through the Aorta. This is the largest artery in the body. The blood then branches off into progressively smaller arteries until it gets to the tissues. It enters the capillaries at the cell level and then moves into the veins. The reverse process then happens where the blood enters progressively larger arteries until it gets back to the heart where it starts the journey all over again.
What happens when you move the decimal to the left?
the number gets smaller
What happens when the denominator of a fraction increases?
The fraction gets smaller.
What happens when you add alcohol to the egg albumin?
it gets smaller
