Here are signs that you could be having a ‘silent’ heart attack
Here are signs that you could be having a ‘silent’ heart attack
There are many different forms of heart disease, a condition often associated with a host of symptoms including chest pain, numbness or weakness in the extremities, and shortness of breath.
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0.16 -> well there are many different forms of
1.52 -> course of heart disease a condition
3.28 -> often associated with a host of symptoms
5.279 -> things like chest pain numbness weakness
7.759 -> in the arms shortness of breath but
10.24 -> sometimes this leading cause of death
11.92 -> comes with really no outward signs at
14.16 -> all in today's healthcast we take a
16.24 -> closer look at asymptomatic heart
18.64 -> disease
20.64 -> when it comes to taking care of himself
22.48 -> 61 year old richie lucas was doing
24.64 -> everything right exercising regularly
27.279 -> eating primarily a plant-based diet and
29.76 -> taking time to relax avid fitness person
33.2 -> always looking out for the numbers and
35.12 -> doing anything i can to you know stay
36.719 -> ahead of the fitness curve
38.239 -> regular physical exams even a cardiac
40.48 -> stress test all suggested his heart was
42.879 -> healthy until a coronary calcium test
45.44 -> revealed all arteries to his heart were
48.16 -> nearly 100 percent blocked richie
50.96 -> suddenly found himself undergoing a
52.719 -> quadruple bypass i wasn't nervous going
55.68 -> in i was more stunned so
59.68 -> that this is where this is at memorial
62.48 -> healthcare cardiac surgeon dr michael
64.64 -> cortelli says nearly half of all heart
66.799 -> attacks may have no early symptoms at
69.439 -> all it doesn't mean that patients don't
72.08 -> have risk factors still they could be
74.08 -> asymptomatic and has have risk factors
76.88 -> but then there are a subset of people
78.96 -> out there that
80.32 -> are asymptomatic and have no perceivable
83.28 -> risk factors or at least that they know
84.96 -> of so
86.799 -> those are the ones we worry about
88.799 -> dr cortelli says no one diagnostic test
92.24 -> can perfectly predict your risk which is
94.72 -> why routine physicals and knowing your
96.72 -> family history are vital and that may
100.88 -> alert them to the possibility of there
103.52 -> being a problem
107.28 -> now one month out of surgery richie is
109.52 -> finding the way back to his normal
111.6 -> routine what i've actually liked about
114.079 -> this is that it's turned on some of my
116 -> friends to go get checked
117.6 -> so and they're like you know what i
119.04 -> haven't had this done so they're going
120.24 -> out and getting checked which that to me
121.84 -> is
122.64 -> it's not worth the price of a quadruple
124.56 -> bypass but i'm glad i can at least pass
126.32 -> it on
128.879 -> all right well experts say asymptomatic
130.72 -> heart disease is a lot more common among
132.64 -> diabetic patients and what many people
135.2 -> overlook are some subtle symptoms do not
137.68 -> overlook things like excessive sweating
140.16 -> sleep disturbances and stomach issues
142.4 -> they can also be a sign of heart
144.16 -> troubles
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp1FSYW69Do