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Why thrombus formation take in opposite direction to blood flow in artery?
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∙ 13y ago
This is because the original platelets that attach to a point will attract other platelets. The new platelets are coming from upstream in the blood and will attach to the front of the forming thrombus.
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What can result from a thrombus?
A thrombus is another name for a clot. When it blocks an artery, the tissue beyond the clot will die. If it is a large artery, the amount of damage can be very harmful, If this happens in a artery that is on the surface of the heart, the muscle will die. When that happens the muscle can tear and the heart can rupture.
What can result from thrombus?
A thrombus is another name for a clot. When it blocks an artery, the tissue beyond the clot will die. If it is a large artery, the amount of damage can be very harmful, If this happens in a artery that is on the surface of the heart, the muscle will die. When that happens the muscle can tear and the heart can rupture.
Is the damage to the heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery?
Coronary Thrombosis
Is damage to the heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery?
Coronary Thrombosis
What is the opposite of vein?
Artery.
What kind of thrombosis is damage to the heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery?
coronary
What thrombosis is damaged to the heart muscles caused by thrombus blocking a coronary artery?
Coronary Thrombosis
What kind of thrombosis damage heart muscle caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery?
Coronary Thrombosis
Is a thrombus a clot or piece of tissue circulating in the blood?
No, it is a blood clot attached to the interior wall of an artery or vein
What happens when Atherosclerosis develops in the coronary arteries?
1) damage to endothelial cells of artery 2) inflammatory response 3) migration of white blood cells into area 4) build up of cholesterol 5) formation of atheroma 6) loss of elasticity of artery and narrowing of lumen 7) this process is self-perpetuating
Saclike formation in the wall of an artery?
anyrysum
Why might a thrombus in the anterior descending branch of the coronary artery cause sudden death?
Because it would block the blood flow and stop the heart.
