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2. Overheating (electricity) - Wikipedia

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   Overheating is a phenomenon of rising temperatures in an electrical circuit. Overheating causes damage to the circuit components and can cause fire, explosion, and injury. Damage caused by overheating is usually irreversible; the only way to repair it is to replace some components.

3. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Stenosis causes your heart valves to narrow or harden, limiting blood flow and putting extra stress on the heart muscle because it needs to squeeze harder to move blood forward. Regurgitation or ...

4. Coronary thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   This blood clot may then restrict blood flow within the heart, leading to heart tissue damage, or a myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. [1] Coronary thrombosis is most commonly caused as a downstream effect of atherosclerosis, a buildup of cholesterol and fats in the artery walls. The smaller vessel diameter allows less blood ...

5. Hyperthermia - Wikipedia

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   An early stage of hyperthermia can be "heat exhaustion" (or "heat prostration" or "heat stress"), whose symptoms can include heavy sweating, rapid breathing and a fast, weak pulse. If the condition progresses to heat stroke, then hot, dry skin is typical [ 2 ] as blood vessels dilate in an attempt to increase heat loss.

6. Thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις (thrómbōsis) 'clotting') is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein or an artery) is injured, the body uses platelets (thrombocytes) and fibrin to form a blood clot to prevent blood loss ...

7. Thromboembolism - Wikipedia

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   Thromboembolism is a condition in which a blood clot breaks off from its original site and travels through the bloodstream (as an embolus) to obstruct a blood vessel, causing tissue ischemia and organ damage. Thromboembolism can affect both the venous and arterial systems, with different clinical manifestations and management strategies.

8. Arterial embolism - Wikipedia

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   Arterial embolism is a sudden interruption of blood flow to an organ or body part due to an embolus adhering to the wall of an artery blocking the flow of blood, [1] the major type of embolus being a blood clot (thromboembolism).

9. ESPN’s Mike Greenberg 'Contemplated My Own Mortality ... - AOL

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   Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications, according to the ...