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heart attack
noun
- damage to an area of heart muscle that is deprived of oxygen, usually due to blockage of a diseased coronary artery, typically accompanied by chest pain radiating down one or both arms, the severity of the attack varying with the extent and location of the damage; myocardial infarction.
heart attack
noun
- any sudden severe instance of abnormal heart functioning, esp coronary thrombosis
heart attack
- Necrosis of a region of the heart muscle caused by an interruption in the supply of blood to the heart, usually as a result of occlusion of a coronary artery resulting from coronary artery disease . Symptoms typically include sudden, crushing chest pain, nausea, and sweating. Characteristic changes in the electrocardiogram are used to diagnose heart attacks.
- Also called myocardial infarction
heart attack
- An episode of heart failure or the stopping of normal heart function; a coronary thrombosis . Symptoms of a heart attack include pain and pressure in the chest, which often spread to the shoulder, arm, and neck. Today, physicians tend to define heart attack in terms of muscle damage to the heart caused by oxygen deprivation.
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The Welsh government said children's exposure to smoke had reduced and fewer people were being admitted to hospital for heart attacks and childhood asthma.
The contest was triggered after Salmond, aged 69, died of a heart attack while attending a conference in North Macedonia in October.
As has been widely documented, this shock therapy both directly and indirectly caused an increase in alcoholism, suicides, heart attacks, psychological stress and other negative health outcomes in those countries and across the region.
But my father's heart never did, and a year later, he suffered a fatal heart attack, leaving a permanent hole in our lives.
Dolphins, in particular, are skittish around humans and have a high rate of heart attack when they get scared.
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