2007-03-09 01:20:54 · 6 answers · asked by freewayby 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Freeman,
Blood clots that eventually cause heart attacks usually form in deep veins in your legs, also known as a Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). I suffered a DVT at the age of 22, and thankfully my heart was strong enough to shoot it into my lungs, resulting in a blood clot in the lungs called a Pulmonary Embolism (PE), which can also be very deadly. Clots in veins form for many different reasons, including certain medications, inactivity, illness, recent surgery, sedentary lifestyle, poor circulation, and sometimes it's ideopathic, or stemming from an unknown cause.
The best treatment for clots, especially those that have caused a heart attack is long term anticoagulation therapy, usually with the medicine Coumadin.
Coumadin is a nasty drug, but it saves lives when all other avenues have failed.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Take Care,
Chris
2007-03-10 01:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps u mean blood clots in arteries supplying the heart. As we grow older fats deposit inside the blood vessels narrowing them and sometimes the fat plaque in arteries become ruptured into the arterial lumen, producing a rough surface where blood starts clotting. smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure accelerate the process of fat deposition.
If u are talking about blood clot inside heart chambers, it could be due to enlargement of a particular chamber secondary to valve narrowing or sluggish blood flow in heart chamber as can happen when heart is damaged and can't contract properly.
2007-03-09 01:32:54 · answer #2 · answered by d_raza1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What part of the body is a hearth?
2007-03-09 01:23:13 · answer #3 · answered by Curious_Yank_back_in_South_Korea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They probably formed somewhere else then got lodged in the heart.
2007-03-09 01:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by Samantha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bad collesterol you get from eating too much fat.
2007-03-09 01:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by gaban24 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stuffing corpses into your chimney.
2007-03-09 01:23:20 · answer #6 · answered by Slappy McStretchNuts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋