Question 1

what are the causes of coronary thrombosis and what affects the risk of coronary heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Genes and lifestyle: Coronary thrombus is a clot in an artery that feeds the heart.  Anything that damages or roughens the lining of the blood vessels could result in clot formation, such as elevated cholesterol and hypertension.
Risk factors include family history of heart disease, being male, increasing age, elevated cholesterol or ldl, obesity, smoking, and being sedentary.

Question 2

how fatal is coronary thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Coronary thrombosis: Coronary thrombosis refers to a blood clot forming and blocking blood flow within the blood vessels supplying blood to the heart.  It generally results in a heart attack (i.e. myocardial infarction).  It is generally dangerous and variations of it are responsible for many deaths.

Question 3

what is the difference betwen atheroma, atherosclerosis and coronary thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

See below: Atheromas are part of the process of atherosclerosis with may lead to coronary thrombosis in the "right" situation.

Question 4

what causes thrombosis of the coronary arteries?

Accepted Answer

Cholesterol: For most cases, thrombosis of a coronary artery is superimposed on a cholesterol plaque.  The plaque fractures and the contents of the plaque are exposed blood which results in clot formation (thrombosis).

Question 5

can a thrombosis of right coronary artery just lie there dormant not doing anything or nor causing harm ?

Accepted Answer

RCA: The RCA supplies the right atrium and ventricle. A complete blockage will cause a major heart attack. A thrombosis is NOT a dormant situation. It is restricting flow.  How much restriction guides therapy. At a minimum medical therapy would be  necessary (aspirin, plavix, (clopidogrel) statins etc).

Question 6

if a body had a thrombosis of right coronary artery at post-mortem, is that a sign of a definite heart attack ?

Accepted Answer

See below: If the thrombus involved the right main coronary artery, that would be a sign of "heart attack". The person may have died suddenly, without usual symptoms of heart attack.

Question 7

does cholangitis cause thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

It can be related: Inflammation of the bile ducts can be associated with clots of the portal vein which is the main source of blood supply to the live with the hepatic arteries supplying only 25%.

Question 8

does chronic pancreatitis cause portosplenic thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Chronic pancreatitis often has acute exacerbations, and can lead to portosplenic thrombosis.

Question 9

how long does the damage from venous thrombosis have to be there to cause harm?

Accepted Answer

Time not so importan: The amount of time a clot has been present is not so important as how big it is getting.  Most clots start in the calf an spread upward.  Clots into the thigh and pelvis are concerning because they can break off and go to the lung.

Question 10

can anal sex cause thrombosis of the rectum?

Accepted Answer

Hemorrhoids ? : Anan sex can cause hemorrhoids and they can thrombose. But it anal sex doesn't cause thrombosis of the rectum.

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