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2. 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.

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

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   Indeed, the survival rate for heart attacks for people hospitalized because of heart attacks ranges from 90% to 97%. While it's true that prompt treatment can prevent death and lasting impacts ...

4. Streptokinase - Wikipedia

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   Streptokinase is a thrombolytic medication activating plasminogen by nonenzymatic mechanism. [1] As a medication it is used to break down clots in some cases of myocardial infarction (heart attack), pulmonary embolism, and arterial thromboembolism. [2]

5. 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.

6. Nitroglycerin (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Nitroglycerin, also known as glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), is a vasodilator used for heart failure, high blood pressure (hypertension), anal fissures, painful periods, and to treat and prevent chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart or due to the recreational use of cocaine.

7. If You Want to Lower Your Heart Attack Risk, Cardiologists ...

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   “According to the American Heart Association and the World Health Organization, 80% of heart attacks and strokes are preventable with adoption of a healthy lifestyle and treatment of risk ...