Please share an interesting fact about heart attacks.

UNTIL: Until the arrival of processed foods in the early 20th century, heart attacks and strokes were rare.

Fish: Fish oil, overall, has not decreased the risk of heart attack.

Cancer,: Cancer is an issue for nicotine users. Vascular events, stroke & heart attack, are a bigger issue.

About: About 30% of heart attacks, strokes can be prevented with mediterranean diet - recent study found.

What: What can you do to reduce your risk of having a heart attack? Lower your cholesterol level.

Among: Among women, those who smoke and take birth control pills are 13 times more likely to have a heart attack.

Improved: Improved endurance and stamina, reduced chance of heart attack and stroke, and longer life span.

Decreasing: Decreasing cholesterol decreases plaque buildup in arteries, decreasing heart attacks and strokes.

DON'T: Don't take diabetes for granted. It can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, & kidney failure!

Varicose: Varicose veins (venous insufficiency) affects more than twice as many people as heart attacks!

PAD: Pad is a marker of artery disease that can lead to heart attack and stroke.

Avoid: Avoid high salt containing foods and eat lots of fruits and veggies.

Just: Just as many women die from heart attack as men but women frequently have more unusual symptoms.

All: All heart attacks present with severe chest pain radiating to the left neck and arm. Not so!

Don't: Don't smoke, get regular aerobic exercise, learn to handle stress.

High: High fiber, low saturated fat, daily exercise, avoid processed meats, keep BP normal.

They: They always cause chest pain: not true. Sometimes it's neck, jaw, arm or back pain - or no pain.

In: In the usa, 47% of people die when they have their 1st heart attack. Only 53% survive the 1st one.

Get: Get a complete evaluation by your physician for identifying & treating cardiac risk factors.

Nearly: Nearly 70% of heart attacks are caused by blockages <50% which will not be detected on a stress test.

Try: Try meatless mondays to reduce your meat consumption. Your cholesterol may improve.

Your: Your cholesterol is less a predictor than fasting ldl/hdl and chol/hdl for heart attack risk!

Men: Men taking calcium daily had higher mi (heart attack) risk in a recent study. Implications uncertain!

Calcium: Calcium should be taken throughout day, not in 1 huge dose. Currently, men are advised not to supplement.

The: The polyphenols found in olives, olive leaf & oil are cardioprotective & prevent arterial plaques!

50%: 50% of diabetics are diagnosed after their first heart attack! if family history strong, get checked!

Myth:: Myth: all heart attacks have crushing mid-chest pressure. Reality: symptoms are variable.

Heart: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men and women. (source: cdc.gov ).

What: What is ldl? A complex of 80-100 proteins & transports all fat molecules in the water outside cells.

Heart: Heart disease: often the first symptom is sudden death from a heart attack.

Heart: Heart attacks are more apt to occur from 7 am to 9 am.

RA: Ra puts you at increased risk for cardiovascular disease--work with your doctors to reduce your risk.

Psoriatic: Psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis increase your for heart disease. Take steps to reduce your risk.

Lupus: Lupus increases your risk for heart disease. Work with your doctors to reduce your risk.

Family: Family history of heart disease increases your risk by 200-300%.

Diet,: Diet, regular exercise, relaxation lowers bp. If at heart risk, consider fish oil and baby aspirin.

A: A heart attack may present with jaw pain instead of chest pain.

A: A heart attack may be mistaken for indigestion.

A: A heart attack may present with nausea or even vomiting.

A: A heart attack may cause tightness or pressure in the center of the chest.

During: During a heart attack pain may travel from the left shoulder down into the arm.

Some: Some people who experience a heart attack have no symptoms.

Lightheadedness: Lightheadedness can be a heart attack symptom.

A: A heart attack can present as shortness of breath with or without chest pain.

Anxiety: Anxiety or feelings of impending doom may accompany a heart attack.

You: You may be unable to sleep if you are experiencing a heart attack.

Pain: Pain from a heart attack may radiate from the chest into one or both arms.

Some: Some people may experience mild pain with a heart attack while it may be severe for others.

A: A heart attack can occur night or day, while at rest or when exerting, with or without warning.

Skipping: Skipping breakfast may increase the risk of heart disease by27% according to article in circulation.

Childhood: Childhood obesity can cause cardiovascular damage even prior to adulthood.

Heart: Heart attack sometimes may present as heart burn.

Have: Have your nitro tablet on hand and someone else nearby when you exercise.

Women: Women often have fewer warning signs than men do before a heart attack.

Heart: Heart disease and heart attacks can present symptoms very differently in women than in men.

Get: Get your flu shot. It may help prevent heart attacks by as much as 50%.

Gardening: Gardening - just the right amount of cardiovascular exercise.

If: Myth: if it doesn't hurt, i will be fine. Fact: heart disease doesn't hurt until it's too late!

Correlations: Correlations between periodontal disease and coronary artery disease warrant keeping gums healthy!

Women: Myth: Women present with the classic signs of heart attack. In fact, their signs can often be subtle.

Know: Know your risk factors; family history, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, tobacco use.

Sometimes,: Sometimes, heart attacks are totally "silent" (not only in diabetes patients) and go unnoticed.

Make: Make sure you brush your teeth. Increased oral hygiene has been shown decrease chance of mi.

Heart: Heart attacks can often present as stomach pain.

The: The sooner a patient seeks medical attention, the higher the chance of a better outcome.

Heart: Heart healthy diet, exercise and weight loss. Prevention is very important. Get routine check ups.

People: People with family history of heart disease are more likely to get heart attack at early age.

Patients: Patients with chest pain of short duration, less than 5 minutes, are unlikely to have a heart attack.

Patients: Patients who have experienced a heart attack are more likely to have major depression.

Cocaine: Cocaine can cause enough blood vessel constriction to cause a heart attack with normal vessels!

Not: Not smoking, vegetarian type diet and regular aerobic exercise can really help prevent heart attacks.

Heart: Heart attacks can happen in people who have had no symptoms beforehand.

↑LDL-lipoproteins: ↑ldl-lipoproteins ; ↓large hdl-lipoprotein, glucose ↑low normal ; systolic BP ↑120 mmhg main drivers.

Does: Does cholesterol come from food? Answer: no, little if any. It is manufactured by every animal cell.

How: How is cholesterol transported around the body in h2o outside cells? Within lipoprotein particles.

Don't: Don't smoke, become overweight, sit on your butt. Do check b/p, cholesterol and exercise 4 times/wk.

Do: Do LDL particles always carry the same number of cholesterol molecules? No, varies up to 8 to 1.

Don't: Don't smoke, exercise regularly, diet low in saturated and transfat, normalize BP and lipids.

Ignore: Stop smoking/aerobic exercise q2d/get to ideal weight/take statins for cholesterol/take asa 81mg/day.

Ignore: It's a myth that: heart attacks can't happen if you are healthy.

Ignore: Over 700, 000 people a year have a diagnosed heart attack. More that are undiagnosed.

Ignore: Heart attacks are preventable . Contrôlée your blood pressure and cholesterol ; blood sugar.

Ignore: Don't mix nitrites with viagra (sildenafil). This can be deadly.

Ignore: People may think viagra (sildenafil) is safe after heart attacks, but if you use nitrites, you can't use viagra (sildenafil).

Ignore: Vit e, garlic, fish oil, vit c are all useless.

One: One half of all diabetics are diagnosed after their first heart attack! be checked!

Ignore: Know your risk factors! smoking, obesity, cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes. Correct them!

Ignore: Maintain 'ideal body weight', exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, adequate sleep, don't stress.

Ignore: Symptoms of indigestion, breathlessness, fatigue, jaw pain may be from heart vessel blockage.

Ignore: Pain in the middle of the chest radiating to the left arm may not always occur during a heart attack.

Ignore: Most heart attacks occur from an unstable cholesterol plaque and medicines can lower your risk.

Ignore: Most heart attacks take place in the morning.

Ignore: Chest pain is not the only pain associated with heart attacks, it can be shoulder, jaw or arm pain.

Ignore: It is a true cardiovascular accident -- thus lowering the risk factors is the goal.

Half half: About half of heart attacks is cause by genes we are born with (genetics) and half is cause by what we do to ourselves after we are born(environment) .So consider that in half of the cases,it is preventable or can be modified.

Ignore: "Time is muscle". If you have chest discomfort, call 911 ASAP. Let the experts do their job.

Ignore: Sudden collapse suggests a dangerous electrical heart problem, rather than a "heart attack".

Ignore: Never ignore chest pain triggered by physical activities.

Ignore: Most occur at rest or with minimal activity.

Ignore: People with creased earlobes are more likely to harbor atherosclerosis.

Ignore: Heart attack pain can be anywhere from the ears to the belly button. It is not just chest pain.

Ignore: Fatigue is a common symptom of women having heart attacks without chest pain .

Ignore: What to do if javing a heart attack is happening? Take an aspirin, any dose, immediately ,go to ER.

Ignore: If constant chest pain concerns you for a heart attack, seek immediate attention at the closest ER.

Ignore: Take an aspirin and call 911 if you have chest pain. Maintain a blood pressure of less than 120/80.

Ignore: Unusual heart burns after age 40 could be a sign of heart attack... Don't ignore it as indigestion.

Ignore: Heart disease is the #1 killer of women. Therefore, it is better to prevent it than treat it.

Ignore: Many heart attacks can be prevented with lifestyle. Healthy DIET &amp; WEIGHT EXERCISE, &amp; NO SMOKING!!

Ignore: The majority of heart attacks could be prevented with adoption of healthy lifestyle changes!

Ignore: The incidence of depressive disorder increases after a heart attack.

Ignore: Unless there is another cause, they don't occur when the nonHDL cholesterol is.

Ignore: Risk factors include: hypertension, diabetes, obesity, elevated lipids,lack of exercise/family hist.

Ignore: Antidepressants may be very helpful especially in men after a heart attack.

Ignore: High BP, high cholesterol, and smoking - key risk factors. 49% of Americans have one of these (CDC).

Ignore: Women may experience shortness of breath/fatigue rather than chest pain during a heart attack.

Ignore: In 50% of first time heart attacks, the first symptom is sudden death.

Ignore: The dates with highest cardiac mortality are Christmas and New Year! (Journal Circulation).

Ignore: Experts estimate that 4 out of 5 heart attacks can be avoided by appropriate lifestyle choices.

Ignore: Heart attacks can be silent. When blood flow is blocked, scars and damage to heart can occur.

Ignore: If you've had a heart attack, you're 32 times more likely to have sleep apnea than someone who hasnt.

Ignore: Don't think of it as an event that causes chest "pain". It's more often a discomfort, ache, etc.

Ignore: Heart attacks are different in women and men. Women often just get breathless, not pain!

Ignore: More heart attacks and sudden deaths occur on Monday than on any other day of the week.

Ignore: Most heart attacks occur from blockages less than 50% which break and clot over!

Ignore: The CDC estimates that someone suffers a heart attack in the US every 43 seconds.

Ignore: Most heart attacks occur in people without severe blockages of their coronary arteries.