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What is the medical term for damage to the heart muscle from a blood clot in a coronary artery?

O a. thrombus
b. phlebitis
c. coronary thrombosis
d. embolus

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Coronary thrombosis, option C

Step-by-step explanation:

Damage to the heart muscle from a blood clot in the coronary artery is known as a coronary thrombosis. The resulting heart muscle damage from such as clot is called myocardial ischemia that can then progress to become myocardial infarction (MI).

An embolus is a blood clot formation along the blood vessel lining. A thrombus is an embolus that has dislodged from the vessel wall and has began to traverse the circulatory system before eventually becoming trapped in a vessel that it cannot pass through.

Phlebitis is inflammation of a blood vessel, usually in veins, that can be the result of a blood clot.

However, because the question refers specifically to the damage the blood clot causes to the heart muscle via the coronary artery, it is known as a coronary thrombosis, option C.

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