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A clot forms at the site, seals off the flow of blood to the heart and provokes a heart attack.
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Deep-vein thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot forms in a deep vein, which can lead to pulmonary embolism and chronic venous insufficiency.
In macroangiopathy, atherosclerosis and a resultant blood clot forms on the large blood vessels, sticks to the vessel walls, and blocks the flow of blood.
Unstable angina, STEMI and NSTEMI are attributed to " plaque rupture ", where one of the plaques gets weakened, develops a tear, and forms an adherent blood clot that either obstructs blood flow or floats further down the blood vessel, causing obstruction there.
In thrombotic PE, the blood clot may be broken down by fibrinolysis, or it may be organized and recanalized so that a new channel forms through the clot.
It is formed from fibrinogen by the protease thrombin, and is then polymerised to form a " mesh " that forms a hemostatic plug or clot ( in conjunction with platelets ) over a wound site.
If the muscular wall enlargement eventually fails to keep up with the enlargement of the atheroma volume, or a clot forms and organizes over the plaque, then the lumen of the artery begins to narrow, commonly as a result of repeated ruptures of the covering tissues separating the atheroma from the blood stream.
As with other forms of dilated cardiomyopathy, PPCM involves systolic dysfunction of the heart with a decrease of the left ventricular ejection fraction ( EF ) with associated congestive heart failure and an increased risk of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, thromboembolism ( blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot ), and even sudden cardiac death.
The type that is commonly referred to as " dry socket " is one in which the disturbance is from the time a blood clot forms immediately after tooth extraction to the initiation of healing in the 4 – 5 day period after extraction occurs.
Phlebothrombosis occurs when a blood clot in a vein ( venous thrombosis ) forms independently from the presence of inflammation of the vein ( phlebitis ).
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Blood samples were allowed to clot at room temperature for 3 hr, centrifuged and the serum was removed.
He underwent brain surgery at the French Hospital of Hanoi on Wednesday December 6 to remove the blood clot that had formed.
Along with fibrin, plasma fibronectin is deposited at the site of injury, forming a blood clot that stops bleeding and protects the underlying tissue.
He is especially noted for discovering that platelets clump at the site of blood vessel injury, a process that precedes the formation of a blood clot.
The next day, she died at 10: 05 a. m. from cardiac arrest, caused by a coronary thrombosis ( a blood clot in one of her coronary arteries ), at the age of 32.
His revised opinion reiterates the fact that the decay mode of the organisms is most similar to that of leaves, fungi or lichens, and not at all like soft-bodied animals, which clot and distort as they wilt and decay.
Blood samples taken at the scene were reported to be " light pink in color " and “ Did not clot after several days ” while the animal's hide was found to be unusually brittle for a fresh death ( the animal was estimated to have been dead for 5 hours ) and the flesh underneath was found to be discolored.
Price died on September 19, 2011, aged 92, in a medically induced coma at Belize Healthcare Partners Hospital after surgery to remove a blood clot.
In June 2007, Rocard was admitted at Calcutta Medical Research Institute, Kolkata, India where doctors found he had a blood clot in the brain and was operated.
By the time Meilleur died of a blood clot at age 117 in April 1998 in Corbeil, Ontario, one of her sons was also living in the same nursing home, and her oldest living daughter, Gabrielle Vaughan, was 90 years old.
On March 31, 2012, Colson underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain after he fell ill while speaking at a Christian worldview conference.
This is intended to keep traffic moving at a reduced but steady speed, rather than suddenly-braking drivers causing traffic to " clot " simply because other drivers are also braking ( which causes unnecessary stop-and-go traffic ).
Reasoner died three months after his retirement in 1991 from a blood clot in the brain received from a fall at his home in Westport, Connecticut.
Post partum, often daily injections of low dose low molecular weight heparin ( e. g. enoxaparin ) are prescribed for several weeks as this is a period where the mother is at higher risk of developing a blood clot.
Another thrombin-generated enzyme, factor XIII, then crosslinks the fibrin proteofibrils at the D fragment site, leading to the formation of an insoluble gel which serves as a scaffold for blood clot formation.
On August 2, 1978, Fields was scheduled to begin a two-week engagement at Las Vegas ’ Sahara Hotel when, on the eve of the opening, she was stricken at home by a blood clot, suffering a fatal pulmonary embolism.
In 1988, he died at the age of 91 at the Beverly Hills Medical Center from a blood clot in his brain, caused by a fall at his home.
clot and site
In thromboembolism, the thrombus ( blood clot ) from a blood vessel is completely or partially detached from the site of thrombosis ( clot ).
Some of the cells outside of the blood clot, but adjacent to the injury site, also degenerate and die.
It can be treated by more bedrest, or by an epidural blood patch, where the patient's own blood is injected back into the site of leakage to cause a clot to form and seal off the leak.
It is commonly believed that it occurs because the blood clot within the healing tooth extraction site is disrupted.
clot and seals
Hemostasis has three major steps: 1 ) vasoconstriction, 2 ) temporary blockage of a break by a platelet plug, and 3 ) blood coagulation, or formation of a clot that seals the hole until tissues are repaired.
Chitosan bonds with platelets and red blood cells to form a gel-like clot which seals a bleeding vessel.
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