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