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What will happen if you have blood clots all over your brain after a major heart attack?

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Dr. Pankaj Kulshrestha answered

Specializes in Thoracic Surgery

Blood Clot: Blood clot in the brain can cause stroke.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Emboli: If the heart attack has associated ventricular clotting, those can embolize to head, body etc. Cerebral emboli cause damage- strokes and can be devastating or lethal.

Answered 5/1/2013

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