Acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack, occurs when a lack of blood in the heart damages your tissues. This is known as ischemia and causes symptoms such as chest pain that radiates to the arms, as well as nausea, cold sweats, fatigue, paleness, among others.
Infarction is usually caused by the accumulation of fatty plaques inside the coronary arteries, which are caused by both genetic factors and risk factors such as smoking, obesity, an unbalanced diet, and physical inactivity, for example. Your treatment is indicated by your doctor and involves the use of medicines to restore circulation to the heart, such as AAS and sometimes heart surgery.
- In the presence of symptoms of a heart attack.
- Lasting more than 20 minutes.
- It is important to go to the emergency room or call the UAS.
- As this can cause serious heart damage or even death.
- Or is quickly saved.
- To quickly recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and the characteristics in women.
- Young and old.
- Check the symptoms of a heart attack.
The main symptoms of heart attack are
Other previous, not-so-classic symptoms that may also indicate a heart attack in some people include:
These symptoms usually begin gradually and gradually worsen, for more than 20 minutes. However, in some cases, heart attack can occur suddenly, with a very rapid worsening, a situation called a fulminant infarction. Know what the causes are and how to identify a fulminant heart attack.
The diagnosis can be confirmed by the doctor through the patient’s medical history and tests such as an electrocardiogram, dose of cardiac enzymes, and hospital catheterization.
Most of the time, the cause of the heart attack is a blockage of the passage of blood to the heart, due to the accumulation of fat in the arteries, or because of:
Some risk factors that increase a person’s chance of having a heart attack include:
The family factor, when an individual has a close relative such as a parent, grandparent, or brother or sister with heart disease, is very important.
Use the calculator below to find out your risk of a heart attack
Treatment of the heart attack is performed in the hospital, with the use of an oxygen mask or even mechanical ventilation, so that the patient breathes more easily, and the administration of several medications, indicated by the doctor, such as platelet antiplatelets, aspirin, venous anticoagulants, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers, statins, powerful analgesics, nitrates, which act to regulate the passage of blood to the heart.
Treatment aims to stabilize the condition, reduce pain, reduce the size of the affected area, reduce post-infart complications and involve general care such as rest, intensive monitoring of the disease and use of medication, it may be necessary an urgent catheterization or angioplasty, depending on the type of infarction, this catheterization defines the vessel that is clogged and whether the final treatment will be an angioplasty or a heart surgery.
Learn more about treatment options for a heart attack, medication, or surgery.
Treatment to be performed in the hospital, as soon as the first symptoms appear, it is important to call the UAS immediately, and in case of loss of consciousness, it is important that your heart is massaged until medical help arrives. Learn how to do a cardiac massage with the Nursing Manual by watching the video:
The big bad guys for increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, such as a stroke or heart attack, are unhealthy lifestyle habits, responsible for the accumulation of fat inside the vessels. For example, to prevent a heart attack, you need to:
In addition, regular checkups with your family doctor or cardiologist are recommended at least once a year to ensure that heart attack risk factors are detected as soon as possible and health-enhancing guidelines are provided. and reduce the risk.
Confira os principais exames que podem ser feitos para avaliar a saúde do coração.
Watch the video below as well and know what to eat to avoid a heart attack: