- American Heart Association: Heart Attack
Disease description and related links.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4578
- American Heart Association: Heart Attack, Stroke and Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs
Describes the warning signs of heart attack, stroke, and cardiac arrest.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053
- MedicineNet: Heart Attack Symptoms and Early Warning Signs
Describe the chest pain or pressure as the most common symptom of a heart attack, while the heart attack victims may experience a diversity of symptoms.
www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14577
- Wikipedia: Myocardial Infarction
User-edited article about myocardial infarction commonly known as heart attack, as well as its classical symptoms of sudden chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, and anxiety.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocardial_infarction
- NHLBI: What Is a Heart Attack?
Describes how a heart attack occurs and the immediate medical help needed for effective treatment. From The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/HeartAttack/HeartAttack_WhatIs.html
- Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack
Tool to asses the risk involved in predicting a person's chance of having a heart attack in next 10 years time.
hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp
- NIHSeniorHealth: Heart Attack
Describes about heart attack, causes, risk factors. diagnosis, and treatment. Also features life after a heart attack and FAQ.
nihseniorhealth.gov/heartattack/toc.html
- MedicineNet: Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Article featuring symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment options, prevention, and risks factors for heart attack.
www.medicinenet.com/heart_attack/article.htm
- NetDoctor: Coronary Thrombosis (Heart Attack)
Covers causes, signs, risk factor, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of heart attack, also known as coronary thrombosis.
www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/coronarythrombosis.htm
- Infarct Combat Project
Fights against myocardial infarction by supporting researches and studies about prevention and treatment of heart attack.
www.infarctcombat.org
- MayoClinic:Heart Attack
Comprehensive overview of heart attack including symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention of a heart attack.
www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-attack/DS00094
- NHLBI: Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs
Campaign offers educational materials for the public and health care professionals to increase awareness of the need to act fast when someone may be having a heart attack.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime
- WebMD: Heart Attacks and Heart Disease
Explains about heart attack which causes a permanent damage to the heart muscle. Includes signs and symptoms, treatment, and lifestyle changes after an attack.
www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart_disease_heart_attacks
- Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
Provides information on heart attack, symptoms, and warning signs.
www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/patient-guide-44510-6.html
- eMedicineHealth: Heart Attack
Consumer health resource center provides an overview of heart attacks and their causes, as well as symptoms and treatment.
www.emedicinehealth.com/heart_attack/article_em.htm
- Merck Manual : Acute Coronary Syndromes (Heart Attack; Myocardial Infarction; Unstable Angina)
Overview of acute coronary syndromes, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
www.merck.com/mmhe/sec03/ch033/ch033c.html
- You've Had a Heart Attack - What Now??
Describes how to respond to heart pain as well as how to identify and manage personal risk factors for heart disease.
staff.washington.edu/bmperra/heart_help.html
- BBC Health: Heart Attack
Learn about heart attack, different types, causes, treatment, and risk factors.
www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/heartattack.shtml
- Heart Attack and Angina
Describes the differences in symptoms between the two conditions and provides information on treatments for both heart attacks and angina pectoris. Published by the American Heart Association.
www.medhelp.org/lib/attackan.htm
- WrongDiagnosis: Heart Attack
Information on heart attack including symptoms, causes, prognosis, and misdiagnosis.
www.wrongdiagnosis.com/h/heart_attack/intro.htm
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