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Question:
Can vascular necrosis cause a heart attack?
submitted by Glen from Kentucky on 6/02/2017
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, James T. Willerson, MD
Most heart attacks occur as a result of a blood clot critically obstructing or completely blocking an artery in the heart, ie coronary artery. If the necrosis occurred in a coronary artery, it can definitely cause a heart attack. Thank you.
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