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Originally Posted by saldana
the mechanism is the same, regardless of the cause....a 12 year old kid that goes into cardiac arrest because of an arrythmia or congenital defect or any other reason still is having a heart attack the same way a 450 pound guy with arterial blockages is...there is an interruption of either blood flow or electrical conduction that causes part of the heart muscle to die (infarct)
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Heart attack is a layman's term for MI, not a general term for cardiac arrest.
The 12 year old boy dies because his heart simply failed, he did not have an MI. An MI means interrupted blood flow through the coronary arteries causing heart muscle death....which can result in cardiac arrest. Not everyone who suffers an MI will die.
We don't know why Brittany's heart stopped unless there is a autopsy..simply put. To say she had a heart attack is incorrect without knowing the facts. All we know is her heart stopped. Cardiac arrest.
If she died of MI it's because of drugs not because of clogged arteries like the 450 pound man you mentioned.