Heart attack (myocardial infarction)

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What is heart attack (myocardial infarction)?

A heart attack, also called myocardial infarction, is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart. The heart muscle dies or becomes permanently damaged.

Common symptoms reported by people with heart attack (myocardial infarction)

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Treatments taken by people for heart attack (myocardial infarction)

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Who has heart attack (myocardial infarction) on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 385 say heart attack (myocardial infarction) is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 35
30s 113
40s 116
50s 100
60s 109
70+ 315

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 680
Female 897

These charts show data from heart attack (myocardial infarction) patients who have completed their condition history
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