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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.
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The blockage of a vessel by an embolus?
A blockage of a blood vessel is caused by a clot called a thrombus. If that clot breaks free and travels through the blood vessels then it is called a embolus.
Why does the blockage of a lymph vessel in the left leg cause swelling in that area?
Blockage of and lymph vessel is keeping the fluids (usually blood, blood that is in need of cleaning) from entering the lymph node. This blockage causes additional blood that needs to be delivered to the lymph node for filtering to back up, kind of waiting for it's turn. This back-up of blood, (and sometimes other fluids), is what causes the swelling.
Bruise with a red line coming from it is this bad?
Very bad. It indicates a major blood vessel blockage. See a doctor immediately.
Blood clot suddenly blocks a vessel in the lungs?
A pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery, usually due to a blood clot that traveled to the lung.
What is an intestinal obstruction?
Intestinal obstruction refers to the partial or complete mechanical or nonmechanical blockage of the small or large intestine.
Is occlusion blockage of a vessel?
Yes.
What are two conditions that can cause a stroke?
blockage of vessel, or rupture of vessel.
What is an occlusion?
a closure or blockage of a blood vessel.
What is the definition for blockage of blood vessel?
CLOT
Term for blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object circulating the blood?
embolism is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus.
Removal of a blockage from a blood vessel is termed?
embolectomy
The blockage of a vessel by an embolus?
A blockage of a blood vessel is caused by a clot called a thrombus. If that clot breaks free and travels through the blood vessels then it is called a embolus.
The sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolous is known as an?
blood clot
Is the blockage of a vessel by an embolus an embolism?
Yes, an embolism is the sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolus. The embolism is often named for the causative factor, such as an air embolism or a fat embolism or its location, such as pulmonary embolism.
What is a single vessel disease?
Single vessel disease simply mean that only one of your arteries has blockage. The heart has 3 main arteries that surrounds it, the right coronary, left anterior descending, and the circumflex. If there is a blockage in one of these, and not the others, you have single vessel disease.
What is the medical term meaning surgical removal of a blockage in a blood vessel?
Thrombectomy
What does an angiogram show?
An angiogram shows disease, narrowing or blockage of a blood vessel.
