Fatal Heart Attacks
The article asserts that many fatal heart attacks are caused by plaque rupture rather than by a fully blocked artery slowly forming over time. When vulnerable plaque ruptures, clotting can quickly block the artery and deprive heart muscle…
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The article asserts that many fatal heart attacks are caused by plaque rupture rather than by a fully blocked artery slowly forming over time. When vulnerable plaque ruptures, clotting can quickly block the artery and deprive heart muscle of oxygen. A vulnerable plaque lesion may exist without symptoms or blood-flow restriction before rupturing. Heart muscle cells can begin dying within roughly six to eight minutes after oxygen loss.