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Heart attack/Myocardial infarction

Heart attack & myocardial infarction | Heart disease

goodtoknow says: Heart attacks, sometimes called a coronary thrombosis or myocardial infarction, are very common. Although heart attacks are serious, new treatments and better understanding of the heart mean that your chances of making a...

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Heart failure

goodtoknow says: Heart failure affects around 900,000 people in the UK and experts believe another 200,000 people could have it and not even know. Heart failure is difficult to diagnose because the main symptoms, tiredness, shortness of breath and swelling of the ankles and feet, can be confused with other conditions. Heart failure doesn't mean your heart will stop working at any minute. It basically means that your heart is finding it more difficult to pump blood around your body. Medication such as beta blockers can really help. So can losing weight and giving up smoking.

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