Heart Attack

Heart Attacks

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the World. CHD is caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, and often results in a heart attack

Each year million people suffer a heart attack. Hundred thousands of those heart attacks are fatal. About half of those deaths occur within 1 hour of the start of symptoms and before the person reaches the hospital.

Everyone can take steps to protect their heart from heart disease and their life or that of someone else. The key is by changing your lifestyle with healthy living and seeking medical care as soon as possible when it happen.

Here some articles about heart attack and the steps you can take to increase your chances of survival after the attack.

First thing to learn is that :
" A fast response to the first signs of a heart attack is crucial to save lives and limit heart damage "



Understanding " Heart Attack "

The heart works 24 hours a day, pumping oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood to the body. Blood is supplied to the heart through its coronary arteries. In coronary heart disease (CHD), plaques or fatty substances build up inside the walls of the arteries. The plaques also attract blood components, which stick to the artery wall lining. Called atherosclerosis, the process develops gradually, over many years. It often begins early in life, even in childhood.

The fatty buildup or plaque can break open and lead to the formation of a blood clot that seals the break. The clot reduces blood flow. The cycle of fatty buildup, plaque rupture, and blood clot formation causes the coronary arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow.

When too little blood reaches the heart, the condition is called ischemia. Chest pain, or angina, may occur. The pain can vary in occurrence and be mild and intermittent, or more pronounced and steady. It can be severe enough to make normal everyday activities difficult. The same inadequate blood supply also may cause no symptoms, a condition called silent ischemia.

If a blood clot suddenly cuts off most or all blood supply to the heart, a heart attack results. Cells in the heart muscle that do not receive enough oxygen-carrying blood begin to die. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart.

Heart Attack could happen to any one. Most of them caused by a wreckless lifestyle from the food , daily life habbits , stress from to many pressure , and many other conditions .

Busy people used to forget these factors . Business men / women , actrees / actors , politicians , and others . One of them is the famous King of Pop Michael Jackson , was suspected dead by Heart attack from many caused , such as drugs.

Reports are coming in that pop legend Michael Jackson has been taken to a Los Angeles hospital with an apparent heart attack.

At 12:21pm, PST a 911 call was made to emergency services in L.A. that someone was suffering a possible heart attack. Minutes later the ambulance showed up at Jackson’s home in the Holmby Hills area to find him in cardiac arrest. On the way to the hospital, paramedics had to administer CPR in the ambulance.