A study finds public misconceptions about heart attack symptoms may delay emergency care. Media portrayals don't match real-life experiences.

According to WHO, heart attacks and strokes are usually acute events mainly caused by a blockage that prevents blood from flowing to the heart or brain.

A heart attack — which usually occurs when atherosclerotic plaque partially or fully blocks the flow of blood to the heart — used to be close to a death sentence.

Five common reasons why people have heart attacks by understanding the everyday factors that can trigger a life-threatening emergency ...

Discover 12 critical silent heart attack symptoms you shouldn't ignore. These subtle warning signs could mean the difference between life and death.

Heart attack survival odds have dramatically improved over the past 5 decades, but more people are dying from chronic cardiac conditions, a study finds.

Heart attacks have become more survivable in the past 50 years, and are no longer the leading cause of heart disease-related deaths, a new study reports. As heart attack deaths fall, fatalities ...

Deaths from Heart Attacks Have Decreased by Nearly 90% Over the Past 50 Years, but It's Not All Good News “This evolution over the past 50 years reflects incredible successes in the way heart ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that deaths from heart attacks have “declined by nearly 90%” over the last 50 years The study attributed this to ...