Question 1

a heart attack is caused by whata?

Accepted Answer

Atherosclerosis: Depends on one's personal risks
smoking, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipemia, diabetes
, family history.
Simply, one blocks the feeding artery to part of the heart muscle and low flow, or no flow causes ischemia which cause death of the heart cells, which is a heart attack! 
myocardial infarction is the medical term.Ekg and lab tests show the damage.

Question 2

what are the three major causes of heart attack?

Accepted Answer

Many: There are modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease (cad). Diabetes, smoking and high cholesterol are probably the highest predictors.

Question 3

how might you accidentally cause a heart attack in a person?

Accepted Answer

Hard to do: It would require causing extreme physical or even greater extreme psychological stress in an individual that already has underlying cardiovascular disease or severe lung disease. You could also do so by giving someone the wrong medicine or an overdose of a medicine.

Question 4

help please? i want to know what are the causes for a heart attack?

Accepted Answer

Risk for CAD: Here are the risks: positive family history, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure (over 140/90), smoker, male, diabetes, lots of stress, and no exercise.
You get a heart attack when there is a blockage of any of the arteries serving the heart.

Question 5

what is the cause of  heart attack in a previously normal 65 aged person?

Accepted Answer

Asymptomatic: Heart disease. Unfortunately the first sign of a heart disease can be a heart attack and of those up to 30% result in sudden death. That is why preventative measures and treatment of risk factors is so vital. See your doctor regularly.

Question 6

can stress cause a heart attack?

Accepted Answer

Probably: In someone with undelying coronary artery disease. This is an area of research as to what factors contribute to an unstable plaque which is a precursor to a heart attack, stress is certainly one factor.

Question 7

what can cause a heart attack vs stroke?

Accepted Answer

Arteriosclerosis: Plaque in carotid may lead to microembolic stroke, plaque in coronary may lead to myocardial infarct.

Question 8

what causes a massive heart attack or stroke?

Accepted Answer

Heart attack : Blockage of coronary artery causes heart attack, and blockage of carotid artery causes stroke. There are many other possible causes.

Question 9

can some one have heart attack for no reason ?

Accepted Answer

No: A heart attack is caused by lack of blood flow to the heart muscle. Most commonly due to build up of plaque which blocks the artery. Other causes include low flow, spasm of artery from meds/drugs or constriction from heart muscle. Sometime the cause remains unknown.

Question 10

which pressure points can cause a heart attack?

Accepted Answer

Heart attack: I am unaware of any pressure points that can reliably trigger a heart attack.

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