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What acucurs in a myocardial infarction?

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A myocardial infraction is occurs when both coronary thrombosis and coronary embolism , a blood clot occludes or plugs up some parts of the coronary artery. Blood can not pass through the occluded vessel and so cannot reach the heart muscle cells it normally supplies, it deprived of oxygen, and the cells soon become damaged.

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What are myocardial infarctions?
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