2007-11-22 11:23:41 · 4 answers · asked by windi002003 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
It will be called as acute myocardial infarction, chances of recovery good, but, it can be massive in nature called as acute maasive myocardial infarction, and sudden death ensues.
2007-11-26 07:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A clot in a coronary artery blocking it completely will result in death (infarction) of cardiac muscle normally supplied by that artery due to lack of oxygen. This is called myocardial (Greek myo = muscle; cardios = heart) infarction (MI).
It can occur in different parts of the heart eg obstruction of the right coronary artery will affect the right atrium and ventricle as well as the sinoatrial (SA) node in the right atrium leading to anteromedial infarction, probably complicated by cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heart beat). The ECG changes of this condition will include Q waves (later) and elevated ST segment in leads V1 to V3 and in aVR.
Other leads of the ECG will be affected in other types of MI.
Hope this explains things. For more info, IM.
2007-11-24 13:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mike Joy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a heart attack? Depending on which vessel it can cause minor chest pain or death.
2007-11-22 15:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by sirbuzz8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
myocardial infarction
2007-11-23 08:24:40 · answer #4 · answered by ckm1956 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋