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When coronary circulation is prevented in humans the result is a heart attack. The function of the coronary circulation is to nourish tissues of the heart.
A blocked (occluded) coronary artery is what causes a heart attack.
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.
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having a "coronary" is more commonly known as having a heart attack.
Blockage of the coronary artery will result in 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.
Rachel Carson, weakened by cancer died of a heart attack, while struggling to stop DDT at the same time. She used her last energy to send a message. The message stopped DDT and other pesticides.
Coronary arteries are the vessels that provide blood supply to the heart muscle itself. If they are blocked or damaged, a heart attack may result.