Heart attack
Treatment
Prevention
Symptoms
Reasons
Chest pains (not always severe)
Shortness of breath
Feeling weak or lightheaded
An overwhelming feeling of anxiety
Aspirin (300 mg)
Using medicines to dissolve blood clots
Surgery to help restore blood to the heart (coronary angioplasty, CABG)
Coronary heart disease (CHD) - the condition in which the major blood vessels that supply the heart get clogged with deposits of cholesterol, known as plaques
Recovery
Changes of lifestyle
Medicines (statins)
Gradually increased physical activity (cardiac rehabilitation)
Complications
Arrhythmias
Heart rupture
Cardiogenic shock
Quit smoking
Lose weight (if overweight)
Regular exercises
Low-fat, high-fibre diet
Moderate alcohol consumption
Palpitations
Nausea
Sweating
Oxygen therapy
Trombolitics
Morphine, nitroglycerin
Beta-blockers