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It is possible that because you have blocked arteries in the heart that you may also have blocked arteries in your legs, restricting blood flow and causing pain in your legs. Vascular disease is often present throughout the body. Mention this pain to your doctor and have them check the pulses in your feet. You may also need an angiogram or ultrasound of your legs.
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What is the effect of smoking on the blood vessels?
The blood vessel gets blocked. In the heart, if one of the coronary arteries get blocked by smoking, it can cause a myocardial infarction (Heart Attack).
What body parts are involved in a heart attack?
A heart attack typically involves the heart muscle itself, specifically the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. When these arteries become blocked, it can lead to a heart attack (myocardial infarction). The symptoms of a heart attack can also manifest in other parts of the body such as the arms, neck, jaw, and back.
How does a blocked artery cause less oxygen to reach the heart?
Arteries carry blood, oxygenated by the lungs, to the cells of the body. Since the heart is a large muscle, its cells need oxygen too. When one of the arteries supplying the heart with oxygenated blood is blocked ("occluded") the oxygen cannot reach the cells supplied by that artery.
What is the word for heart arteries that branch out when 100 percent blocked?
Collaterals.
How do partially blocked arteries affect the heart?
Our body needs oxygen to work. Blocked arteries mean less blood can pass through. To offset that, the heart has to pump harder. However, this causes the heart to overwork, eventually causing heart attacks.
What is the operation to get past blocked arteries of the heart and deliver blood?
coronary bypass
What is a condition that occurs when coronary arteries become blocked?
A heart attack
What is a heart acttack?
A heart attack occurs when the heart is starved of oxygen for a period of time, this maybe due to blocked arteries.
What can happen when blood supply to the heart is blocked-?
When blood supply to the heart is blocked what happens is a myocardial infarction which can result in death.
Can you show the arteries of the heart?
It is possible to see the coronary arteries through fluoroscopy.
How does the heart receive its own supply of glucose and oxygen?
The heart receives its own supply of glucose and oxygen via the coronary arteries. If these arteries are blocked, the heart tissue could die. This condition is known as a heart attack.
Why is a heart bypass necessary?
relieves chest pain and reduces risk of a heart attack by using a different vein or artery for blood circulation in the heart. The current vien would be blocked by fatty deposits therefore requiring a bypass.
