What happens if a person can't die of a heart attack?


What would happen if a person wasn't able to die of a heart attack since they
use a pacemaker or are connected to medical equipment that pumps blood for
them?

This can create some sub-questions, if people couldn't die of a heart attack
such as:

  * What would happen if the cause of death specified was impossible, so the person had to die of a heart attack?
  * What would happen if no cause of death was specified?




[Mayo clinic](http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-
attack/basics/definition/con-20019520) defines heart attack as an obstruction
of blood flow to the heart muscle, causing the body's natural blood pump to
fail and/or die.

So a pacemaker won't save one from a heart failure once it happens, the device
avoids them from happening (the real function is more complex, gugure kokkuri-
san!).

Since a heart attack is a failure of the blood pump, it is safe to assume that
a DN could make an artificial heart to fail as well.




[Mayo clinic](http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-
attack/basics/definition/con-20019520) defines heart attack as an obstruction
of blood flow to the heart muscle, causing the body's natural blood pump to
fail and/or die.

So a pacemaker won't save one from a heart failure once it happens, the device
avoids them from happening (the real function is more complex, gugure kokkuri-
san!).

Since a heart attack is a failure of the blood pump, it is safe to assume that
a DN could make an artificial heart to fail as well.

