Heart Attack

Watch how to properly use nitroglycerin, in the event that you experience heart attack symptoms.

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Nitroglycerin eases chest pain (angina) by getting more blood and oxygen to your heart. Fast-acting nitroglycerin can stop an angina attack. Follow these instructions.

Nitroglycerin relieves chest pain (angina) by getting more blood and oxygen to your heart. Long-acting nitroglycerin helps prevent angina from starting.

Your healthcare provider prescribed nitroglycerin for you. This medicine relieves chest pain caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart (angina) by getting more oxygen-rich blood to your heart. Fast-acting nitroglycerin can stop an angina attack.

Nitroglycerin relieves chest pain caused by a lack of blood to the heart (angina) by getting more oxygen-rich blood to your heart. Long-acting nitroglycerin helps prevent angina.

Understand the mix of emotions that are common after having a heart attack, learn healthful coping strategies and find out who you can turn to for emotional support.

After a heart attack, it's normal to feel powerful emotions. You may feel anxious and afraid. You may be angry, depressed or lonely. It can be overwhelming, and even make your recovery harder. Well, you need to know that many people experience these emotions. With help, you can cope with them and regain control of your life.

When you have heart disease, you may experience a symptom called angina. This program helps you learn how to recognize angina, take steps to prevent angina, and treat it if you experience it.

As you recover from your heart attack, it's good to set goals for yourself. Goals keep you motivated. And they help you see improvements as they happen.

Learn how one person's life changed after a heart attack.

After a heart attack, it's important to get regular exercise. By exercising your heart, you lower your risk for future problems. But you need to make sure you're exercising safely. Here are some things to keep in mind as you get back on your feet. Of course, before starting any exercise plan, talk to your doctor.

Every year, people in the U.S. who have a heart attack survive and enjoy a normal, productive life. Your heart is healing. With each passing day, you can become stronger and more active. Make preventing another heart attack your first priority. © AHA

Too much stress can increase your risk of a heart attack. Learn how to recognize when you're under chronic, dangerous stress and what steps you can take to reduce the amount of stress in your daily life.

Now that you survived a heart attack, this worksheet will help you through the days between your discharge from the hospital and follow-up visit with your doctor. © AHA

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This plan helps you get stronger after you've had a heart attack, heart surgery or some other heart issue. It includes exercise and healthy eating. You may also have to change some of your bad habits.

A heart attack occurs when a vessel that sends blood to your heart suddenly becomes blocked. Follow these guidelines for home care and lifestyle changes.

Exercise is an important part of your recovery after a heart attack.

You play an important role in your recovery after heart attack.

Questions to ask your doctor before you leave the hospital.

What to expect when you get home, getting support and easing back into your life.

Learn how to manage your risk factors for heart attack.

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Know the common emergency tests and treatments conducted on patients arriving to the hospital with heart attack symptoms.

Some heart attacks are sudden and intense but may start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Learn some of the signs of a heart attack. © AHA

A heart attack is an urgent message from your heart that it's starved for oxygen. Here are the warning signs to look for--and what you need to do if they occur.

If you have risk factors for heart problems, it's important to watch for signs of a heart attack such as chest pain.

If you've had a heart attack, you are at risk for having another. Know the signs.

A heart attack occurs when blood flow that brings oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or cut off. This is due to a buildup of fat, cholesterol and other substances (plaque) that narrows coronary arteries. This process is called atherosclerosis. © AHA

There are 2 kinds of angina. They are stable and unstable. Stable angina occurs at certain times and can often be managed. Unstable angina occurs at uncertain times. It may not get better with the usual forms of treatment for angina. It is a warning that a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) is possible in the near future.

Here are some important questions to ask your healthcare providers after your heart attack.