obmar
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A friend had a heart attactOverview
A heart attack is an injury to the heart muscle caused by a loss of blood supply. It usually occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood through a coronary artery — a blood vessel that feeds blood to a part of the heart muscle. Interrupted blood flow to your heart can damage or destroy a part of the heart muscle.
Years ago, a heart attack was often fatal. But today, thanks to better awareness of signs and symptoms and improved treatments, the vast majority of people who have a heart attack survive.
Your overall lifestyle — what you eat, how often you exercise and the way you deal with stress — plays a role in your recovery from a heart attack. In addition, a healthy lifestyle can help you prevent a first or subsequent heart attack by controlling risk factors that contribute to the narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply blood to your heart.
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The Beat
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sorry to hear about your friend, obmar.
About two years ago, a coworker of mine went into the clinic complaining of a small illness, and found out that she had had a cancerous growth on her heart. She needed dangerous heart surgery that only had a 50% success rate.
She didn't make it.
She was only a few months older than me.
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obmar
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He survived but the doctor had to do a bypass.
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