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Heart attack
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The medical term for a heart attack is a ‘Myocardial Infarction’ or MI.
Fatty deposits can build up in the coronary arteries.
Coronary arteries with 'fatty deposits'
When you have a heart attack one of these fatty deposits breaks open and a blood clot forms over it blocking your coronary artery. If one of your coronary arteries is blocked an area of your heart muscle does not get any blood or oxygen and is permanently damaged.
Blood clot formed over ruptured 'fatty deposit'
Blocked coronary artery and area of damaged heart muscle
Usually a heart attack causes severe chest pain and/or other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, breathlessness and sweating; but some people have a cardiac event and experience very few symptoms at all.
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