The Body Invaders: Heart Attack (1 of 28)
Every 20 seconds someone in the United States has a heart attack.
There's so much pressure in my chest.
That's one and a half million people every year.
A third of them will die.
I'm Kat Carney.
Join me as we venture into the heart and discover the cause of heart attack America's number one killer This woman is experiencing chest pain.
She is also feeling light headed and has pain in her neck and jaw.
These are classic symptoms of heart attack.
When did the chest pains start? This morning To make an accurate diagnosis.
Dr. Octavio Diaz needs to obtain as much information as quickly as he can because every second counts.
You're still having chest pain.
And your EKG shows that you're having a heart attack.
The heart's function is to pump nutrient rich.
Oxygenated blood to the entire body.
Including the heart muscle itself through these coronary arteries.
This is where heart attack begins.
If these arteries become blocked.
The heart continues to beat.
But the area downstream of the blockage begins to die.
The death of the heart muscle is called myocardial infarction or heart attack. |
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