Why might a thrombus in the anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery casue sudden death?

Answer 1

A thrombus in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) interrupts blood flow to the majority of the heart, particularly the left side of the heart. When blood flow to this part of the heart is interrupted, the heart has trouble doing its job of delivering blood to the body. Critical structures including the brain do not receive the blood they require, and consequently, they and the individual die.

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Arteries supply oxygenated blood, a clot in any main arteries will cut off oxygen supplies.

Answer 2

A thrombus is a blood clot. The coronary arteries are the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle itself with blood. A clot in the arteries will decrease blood flow to that muscle. This is also called a heart attack. The degree of blockage in the heart and amount of time to re-perfusion treatment will dictate how much of the heart muscle dies. If a large enough portion of the heart dies, the heart will be unable to supply the body with an adequate amount of blood and the patient will die.

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Answer 3

Because the clot is blocking the newer blood and oxygen from coming through properly so the heart muscle cannot pump enough blood and it wouldn't let enough out so oxygen wouldn't be processed and you cannot breathe because oxygen doesn't pass.

Answer 4

That would cause an infarct to the left ventrical, a really bad place to get a clot. The tissue would die and the heart muscle would fail rapidly. Those arteries are also more likely to contain atherosclerotic plaques, which narrow the arteries and so the thrombus would be more likely to form a clot that stays stuck. What would be much worse is to have that same thrombus travel to the brain and cause a stroke that permanently disables but doesn't kill. That's much worse than dying outright from an MI because with a stroke, you'd probably bankrupt your whole family back to the stone age and it wouldn't do you any good. Please talk about, prepare and properly store a living will to prevent tragedies like that. This stuff happens every day and yes, it might very well happen to you.