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

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   Symptoms of a Heart Attack. A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when blood flow to the heart is suddenly blocked. This medical emergency is often the result of coronary artery disease.

3. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   Myocardial infarction; Other names: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack: A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream to the heart muscle.

4. Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know About Their Risks ...

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   Symptoms. In movies and TV, you’ll often see a person clutching at their chest while having a heart attack. While chest pain (also known as angina) can be a common symptom of a heart attack ...

5. What Does a Heart Attack Really Look Like? & Other ... - AOL

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   A heart attack is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency that can lead to cardiac arrest or death. Heart attacks are common, too, with an estimated 805,000 people in the United States ...

6. Coronary occlusion - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms include chest pain or angina, shortness of breath, and fatigue. [6]A completely blocked coronary artery will cause a heart attack. [6] Common heart attack symptoms include chest pain or angina, pain or discomfort that spreads to the shoulder, arm, back, neck jaw, teeth or the upper belly, cold sweats, fatigue, heartburn, nausea, shortness of breath, or lightheadedness.

7. This Is the Early Heart Attack Symptom That's Missed ... - AOL

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   "Shortness of breath is a commonly missed early symptom of a heart attack, and it can occur with or without chest discomfort," she explains. Dr. Max Brock, MD, a cardiologist at Cook, echoes this ...