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Is a Heart Attack? A heart attack occurs when the supply of blood and oxygen to an area of heart muscle is blocked, usually by a clot in a coronary artery. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov |
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| Act in Time 2006 Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs is a national public education campaign that provides materials to educate Americans about the warning signs of a heart attack. http://www.actintime2006.com |
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| Heart Attack
Warning Signs A heart attack is a frightening event, and you probably don't want to think about it. But, if you learn the signs of a heart attack and what steps to take, you can save a life–maybe your own. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov |
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Attack Causes Factors that can be controlled and risk factors that cannot be controlled. http://www.painresourcecenter.com |
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Attack Diagnosis A heart attack, clinically known as a myocardial infarction, occurs when an artery supplying the heart with blood carrying oxygen and nutrients suddenly becomes blocked, causing part of the heart muscle to die. http://www.pdrhealth.com |
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In Time to Heart Attack Signs The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, designed this Web page as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the need to act fast when someone may be having a heart attack. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/index.htm |
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| MedlinePlus
Heart Attack Each year over a million people in the U.S. have a heart attack. Read more about heart attack in this article from Medline Plus. http://www.nlm.nih.gov |
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Attack, Stroke and Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs Know the warning signs of heart attack, stroke and cardiac arrest, and what to do if they appear. You could save someone's life. http://www.americanheart.org |
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