Thrombus
So maybe you’ve had a plaque form in a huge aqueduct of a blood vessel, with the plaque being way too small to cause any trouble. But tear it loose now, form what is called a thrombus, and that mobile hairball can now lodge in a much smaller blood vessel, clogging it completely. Clog up a coronary artery and you’ve got a myocardial infarct, a [[heart attack]] (Location 814)
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3 Stroke Heart Attacks and Voodoo Death
Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Disease
Created: 01-09-22 11:50