A heart attack, also called an acute myocardial infarction, happens when a blood vessel in the heart suddenly becomes blocked. Blood vessels carry blood and oxygen and when part of the heart does not get enough oxygen it is called ischemia and causes chest pain. If the ischemia lasts long enough, the heart muscle that is not getting enough oxygen dies, which is called an infarction. "Myocardial infarction" means "infarction (muscle death) in the heart muscle.
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When a woman has a heart attack, the signs tend to be nausea, shoulder ache and indigestion, not the chest pain that men suffer.
One person in the United States dies of a heart attack every 60 seconds.
Asians are more likely to die from heart failure on the 4th of the month than they are any other day of the month (7.3% death rate above expected), due to increased stress from Tetraphobia (their cultural fear of the number 4). This has been termed the Baskerville effect.
Worldwide, 17.3 million people die every year from heart disease or stroke, which account for 31 per cent of all deaths.
Each year, about 843,000 turkeys die of a heart attack.
"World Heart Day" was founded by the World Heart Federation in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading causes of death, It is celebrated on September 29 every year.
Although it is commonly shown in medical dramas, you do not shock someone with a flatline. You only use defibrillators on people with ventricular fibrillation, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (heart beats out of rhythm or heart beats that are really fast and out of sync).
Although it is commonly shown in medical dramas, you do not shock someone with a flatline. You only use defibrillators on people with ventricular fibrillation, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (heart beats out of rhythm or heart beats that are really fast and out of sync).
A defibrillator doesn't restart a stopped heart. In fact quite the opposite, it actually stops a heart in the middle of a cardiac event, allowing the heart’s natural back-up system to take over and return it to normal sinus rhythm.
Shoveling snow is a known trigger for heart attacks. Some hospitals even prepare for more cardiac related visits after a large snowfall.
Shoveling snow is a known trigger for heart attacks. Some hospitals even prepare for more cardiac related visits after a large snowfall.
British actor Gareth Jones died of a heart attack at the age of 33 while performing in a live televised play Underground in 1958 – in which his character was scripted to have a heart attack. The rest of the cast improvised around his death and the director hurriedly redistributing Jones's lines during the interval enabling them to finish the play.
One of the comedian Redd Foxx signature running gags involved faking a heart attack by putting his hand on his chest and saying "It's the big one, I'm coming to join ya honey/Elizabeth" (referring to his late wife). So when he had a real heart attack on the set of his television show on October 11, 1991, his castmates thought he was trying to be funny. It proved to be fatal and Foxx died later the same day.
On the day the Netherlands lost to France in a penalty shoot-out at Euro 1996, the death rate from heart attacks and strokes among Dutchmen rose by 50 per cent compared with an average day.
Howard Snitzer, 54, had a massive heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota one wintry evening in 2011. 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived and he survived.
One of the comedian Redd Foxx signature running gags involved faking a heart attack by putting his hand on his chest and saying "It's the big one, I'm coming to join ya honey/Elizabeth" (referring to his late wife). So when he had a real heart attack on the set of his television show on October 11, 1991, his castmates thought he was trying to be funny. It proved to be fatal and Foxx died later the same day.
On the day the Netherlands lost to France in a penalty shoot-out at Euro 1996, the death rate from heart attacks and strokes among Dutchmen rose by 50 per cent compared with an average day.
Howard Snitzer, 54, had a massive heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota one wintry evening in 2011. 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived and he survived.
Morning is the most common time for people to have a heart attack. When you wake up, the stress hormone cortisol is at its peak. Get out of bed slowly, stretch, and drink a glass of water. Dehydration makes it easier for blood clots to form.
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