BACK TOTOP Browse A-ZSearchBrowse A-ZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0-9 E-mail FormEmail ResultsName:Email address:Recipients Name:Recipients address:Message: Print-FriendlyBookmarksbookmarks-menuHeart attack - what to ask your providerWhat to ask your provider about your heart attackA heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart muscle is blocked for a period of time and an area of the heart muscle is damaged. It is also called a myocardial infarction (MI).Heart attackMost heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries bring blood and oxygen to the heart. ...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Angina is pain or pressure in the chest. It occurs when your heart muscle is not getting enough blood or oxygen. You may feel angina in your neck or jaw. Sometimes you may notice that you are short of breath.AnginaChest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Below are some questions you may want to ask your health care provider to help you take care of yourself after a heart attack.Related video goes here for no-HTML5 browsersQuestionsWhat are the signs and symptoms that I am having angina? Will I always have the same symptoms?What are the activities that can cause me to have angina? How should I treat my chest pain or angina when it happens? When should I call the provider? When should I call 911 or the local emergency number? How much activity is OK for me?Can I walk around the house? Is it OK to go up and down stairs? When can I start light housework or cooking? How much can I lift or carry? How much sleep do I need? Which activities are better to start with? Are there activities that are not safe for me? Is it safe for me to exercise on my own? Should I exercise inside or outside? How long and how hard can I exercise? Do I need to have a stress test? Do I need to go to a cardiac rehabilitation program?When can I return to work? Are there limits on what I can do at work?What should I do if I feel sad or very worried about my heart disease?How can I change the way I live to make my heart healthier?What is a heart-healthy diet? Is it OK to ever eat something that is not heart healthy? How can I make heart-healthy choices when I go eat out? Heart-healthy dietThe Mediterranean-style diet has fewer meats and carbohydrates than a typical American diet. It also has more plant-based foods and monounsaturated ...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Is it OK to drink alcohol? How much? Is it OK to be around other people who are smoking? Is my blood pressure normal? What is my cholesterol? Do l need to take medicines for it? Is it OK to be sexually active? Is it safe to use sildenafil (Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis) for erection problems?What medicines am I taking to treat angina?Do they have any side effects? What should I do if I miss a dose? Is it ever safe to stop taking any of these medicines on my own? If I am taking a blood thinner such as aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), prasugrel (Effient), ticagrelor (Brilinta), warfarin (Coumadin or Jantoven), apixaban (Eliquis), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), edoxaban (Savaysa), dabigatran (Pradaxa), can I use medicines such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) for arthritis, headaches, or other pain problems?Open ReferencesReferencesGiugliano RP, Braunwald E. Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Tomaselli GF, Bhatt DL, Solomon SD, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:chap 39.Morrow DA, de Lemos JA. Stable ischemic heart disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Tomaselli GF, Bhatt DL, Solomon SD, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:chap 40.Welt, FGP, Fang JC. ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction and complications of myocardial infarction. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 58.AllVideoImagesTogAcute MI - illustration A heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when one of the arteries that supplies the heart muscle becomes blocked. Blockage may be caused by spasm of the artery or by atherosclerosis with acute clot formation. The blockage results in damaged tissue and a permanent loss of contraction of this portion of the heart muscle.Acute MIillustrationAcute MI - illustration A heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when one of the arteries that supplies the heart muscle becomes blocked. 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Heart attack - what to ask your providerWhat to ask your provider about your heart attackA heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of your heart muscle is blocked for a period of time and an area of the heart muscle is damaged. It is also called a myocardial infarction (MI).Heart attackMost heart attacks are caused by a blood clot that blocks one of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries bring blood and oxygen to the heart. ...ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Angina is pain or pressure in the chest. It occurs when your heart muscle is not getting enough blood or oxygen. You may feel angina in your neck or jaw. Sometimes you may notice that you are short of breath.AnginaChest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.ImageRead Article Now Book Mark Article Below are some questions you may want to ask your health care provider to help you take care of yourself after a heart attack.Related video goes here for no-HTML5 browsersQuestionsWhat are the signs and symptoms that I am having angina? Will I always have the same symptoms?What are the activities that can cause me to have angina? How should I treat my chest pain or angina when it happens? When should I call the provider? When should I call 911 or the local emergency number? How much activity is OK for me?Can I walk around the house? Is it OK to go up and down stairs? When can I start light housework or cooking? How much can I lift or carry? How much sleep do I need? Which activities are better to start with? Are there activities that are not safe for me? Is it safe for me to exercise on my own? Should I exercise inside or outside? How long and how hard can I exercise? Do I need to have a stress test? Do I need to go to a cardiac rehabilitation program?When can I return to work? Are there limits on what I can do at work?What should I do if I feel sad or very worried about my heart disease?How can I change the way I live to make my heart healthier?What is a heart-healthy diet? Is it OK to ever eat something that is not heart healthy? How can I make heart-healthy choices when I go eat out? Heart-healthy dietThe Mediterranean-style diet has fewer meats and carbohydrates than a typical American diet. It also has more plant-based foods and monounsaturated ...Read Article Now Book Mark Article Is it OK to drink alcohol? How much? Is it OK to be around other people who are smoking? Is my blood pressure normal? What is my cholesterol? Do l need to take medicines for it? Is it OK to be sexually active? Is it safe to use sildenafil (Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis) for erection problems?What medicines am I taking to treat angina?Do they have any side effects? What should I do if I miss a dose? Is it ever safe to stop taking any of these medicines on my own? If I am taking a blood thinner such as aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), prasugrel (Effient), ticagrelor (Brilinta), warfarin (Coumadin or Jantoven), apixaban (Eliquis), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), edoxaban (Savaysa), dabigatran (Pradaxa), can I use medicines such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) for arthritis, headaches, or other pain problems?Open ReferencesReferencesGiugliano RP, Braunwald E. Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Tomaselli GF, Bhatt DL, Solomon SD, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:chap 39.Morrow DA, de Lemos JA. Stable ischemic heart disease. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Tomaselli GF, Bhatt DL, Solomon SD, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine.12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:chap 40.Welt, FGP, Fang JC. ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction and complications of myocardial infarction. In: Goldman L, Cooney KA, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 27th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2024:chap 58.
