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2. Cough CPR - Wikipedia

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   Cough CPR is the subject of a hoax email that began circulating in 1999. [citation needed] It is described as a "resuscitation technique" in which through prolonged coughing and deep breathing every 2 seconds, a person suffering a cardiac dysrhythmia immediately before cardiac arrest can keep conscious until help arrives (or until the person can get to the nearest hospital).

3. What are cardiac arrest, heart attack and heart failure? - AOL

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   Heart failure is a medical condition that needs to be treated to prevent a life-threatening heart attack, but is not as immediately life threatening as heart attack or cardiac arrest.

4. Cardiac arrest - Wikipedia

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   In 2021, the American Heart Association clarified that "heart attack" is often mistakenly used to describe cardiac arrest. While a heart attack refers to death of heart muscle tissue as a result of blood supply loss, cardiac arrest is caused when the heart's electrical system malfunctions. Furthermore, the American Heart Association explains ...

5. Know heart attack signs, how to perform hands-only CPR in ...

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   Calling before a heart attack becomes cardiac arrest requires knowing the signs and symptoms. If you have any of these signs, call 911 right away: Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or ...

6. How Long Does a Heart Attack Last? Cardiologists Explain

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   "During a heart attack, or myocardial infarction, blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, usually due to a clot in a coronary artery," says Dr. Joseph Daibes, DO, a cardiologist at ...

7. 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.