Heart Attack The Leading Cause Of Mortality

A heart attacks is an attack on the center of our being.

The center of our bodies, that pumps blood, the river of life throughout our entire circulatory system, feeding nourishing, and oxidizing all the muscles and organs in the body. If it gets attacked it dies.

Heart attacks kill more Americans then any other cause of death. It strikes relentlessly indiscriminately and viciously.

Annually in the United States alone over 1,500,000 peoples hearts are attacked. Over half of them don't survive and die prematurely. If they do, their lives are never the same.

What Is Occurring during a heart attack?

These are common questions that are asked.

What is a heart attack?

What causes a heart attack?

Is there heart damage after a heart attack?

What causes the clogged arteries? you can find the answer to these questions and to many more heart disease related questions on this website.

Dr. Windsor Ting discusses the basics of what it means to have a heart attack. Included in this article is a description of what happens to the heart and what is done by medical personnel during this serious medical emergency.