• A thrombosis in a coronary artery may lead to a myocardial
infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack.
• This deprives the heart of the oxygen that it needs to survive.
• This causes death of part of the heart muscle.
Myocardial Infarction
(Heart Attack or Coronary Thrombosis)
Heart attack or ‘coronary’ are common terms for the disorder myocardial infarction, which means, literally, death of part of the heart muscle following a blockage in its blood
