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2. Left anterior descending artery - Wikipedia

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   Widow maker is an alternative name for the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery. [9] [3] The name widow maker may also apply to the left coronary artery [10] or severe occlusions to that artery. [11] [12] This term is used because the left main coronary and/or the left anterior descending supply blood to large areas of ...

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   A blockage in this artery causes a widowmaker — it’s often deadly if not immediately treated. Doctors placed a stent in her artery to relieve obstruction and return blood flow to normal.

4. Single mom, 49, recalls first signs of widowmaker heart ... - AOL

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   Specifically, Casalan Bittle had a 100% blockage in the main artery in the heart (the left anterior descending artery), a condition sometimes called a widow-maker heart attack. Doctors placed a ...

5. Dad, 48, recalls the subtle symptom he had for a year leading ...

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   “The artery is the left anterior descending artery … the widow maker.” ... When the left anterior artery has a blockage, what's known as a widow maker heart attack can occur. In younger ...

6. Can shoulder pain be a sign of a heart attack? Here's what ...

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   In a nutshell, Tony miraculously survived 100% blockage in an artery that feeds oxygen to a major portion of the heart. ... in the “widow maker” artery. I say, “up to a point” because at ...

7. Widow maker - Wikipedia

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   Widowmaker (forestry), any loose overhead debris such as limbs or tree tops that may fall at any time Widow maker (medicine), a nickname used to describe a highly stenotic left main coronary artery or proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery of the heart, which is very often fatal

8. Coronary occlusion - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms include chest pain or angina, shortness of breath, and fatigue. [6]A completely blocked coronary artery will cause a heart attack. [6] Common heart attack symptoms include chest pain or angina, pain or discomfort that spreads to the shoulder, arm, back, neck jaw, teeth or the upper belly, cold sweats, fatigue, heartburn, nausea, shortness of breath, or lightheadedness.

9. Bob Harper Says “Traitors” ‘Changed the Way I ... - AOL

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   Harper later learned that he had experienced a widowmaker heart attack, which occurs when there is a blockage in the heart's largest artery. Related: ...