Someone who is having chest pain is likely to think it\u0026#39;s a heart attack. Well, this could be true, but sometimes the source of the pain could be something else, such as angina. For both angina and heart attack, the cause is often coronary artery disease. However, these two heart conditions are not the same. Your heart muscles needs oxygen-rich blood to keep working. Oxygen comes to the heart through blood vessels called coronary arteries. Due to some risk factors, a fatty substance—or plaque—can build up inside the wall of the coronary artery. Over time this narrows the artery, allowing less blood to flow through the vessel. This condition is called coronary artery disease. Angina is the chest pain you feel because your heart muscle isn’t getting enough blood due to the gradual build-up of plaque in the arteries. While a heart attack occurs when the flow of blood through a coronary artery is blocked. This can happen when a plaque breaks open and a blood clot forms over the break. The clot can block the artery, leading to a heart attack. =========================================================== #Angina #HeartAttack #AnginaVsHeartattack #HeartDisease what is angina what is heart attack what causes heart attack difference between heart attack and angina coronary artery blockage
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0.88 -> Someone who is having chest pain is likely
to think it's a heart attack. Well,
6.26 -> this could be true, but sometimes the source
of the pain could be
9.39 -> something else, such as angina.
For both angina and heart attack, the cause
14.99 -> is often coronary artery
disease. However, these two heart conditions are
20.069 -> not the same.
Your heart muscles needs oxygen-rich blood
24.55 -> to keep working. Oxygen
comes to the heart through blood vessels called
28.729 -> coronary arteries. Due to
some risk factors, a fatty substance—or
33.16 -> plaque—can build up inside the
wall of the coronary artery. Over time this
38.25 -> narrows the artery, allowing less
blood to flow through the vessel. This condition
43.12 -> is called coronary artery
disease.
47.52 -> Angina is the chest pain you feel because
your heart muscle isn’t getting
51.33 -> enough blood due to the gradual build-up of
plaque in the arteries.
56.48 -> While a heart attack occurs when the flow
of blood through a coronary
59.9 -> artery is blocked. This can happen when a
plaque breaks open and a blood
64.89 -> clot forms over the break. The clot can block
the artery, leading to a heart
70.53 -> attack.
72.19 -> Some of the signs and symptoms of angina and
a heart attack are
76.33 -> similar, These include:
Chest pain or burning
79.999 -> Chest pressure, tightness or squeezing
Indigestion or nausea
83.52 -> Pain in the neck, jaw, throat or back
Shortness of breath and Sweating
89.929 -> However, there are some differences between
Angina and heart attack.
96.029 -> Signs and symptoms of angina occur only
when your heart is working
99.249 -> harder than normal. It doesn’t cause permanent
damage to your heart.
104.259 -> Resting or taking heart medication will make
the pain go away. The pain is
109.619 -> usually familiar because you have experienced
it before.
113.299 -> Signs and symptoms of a heart attack
occur when you're resting. They
118.189 -> may even occur when you're asleep. The
signs and symptoms may be
122.359 -> more severe. Most important, heart attack
cause permanent damage to the
126.659 -> heart.
A heart attack needs immediate treatment.
130.61 -> Quick treatment may prevent
permanent damage to your heart.
134.58 -> In short Angina doesn't cause permanent damage
to the heart, while a
138.44 -> heart attack can lead to cardiac arrest ( a
death warrant).
