What is A Heart Attack

Because a heart attack damages only a small part of your heart muscle, the rest of your heart continues to work normally. If you have another heart attack, however, more heart tissue may be damaged.

Years ago people often died from heart attacks. If enough muscle is damaged, people can still die from a heart attack. But heart attacks don’t happen in a moment. Rather, they happened over a period of hours, if not longer.

Today with advanced treatments – and immediate medical help – most people survive. Yet after heart attacks, the muscle is no longer as healthy as it once was. Therefore, heart attacks may lead to other heart problems such as heart failure or cardiac arrhythmias.