What are the symptoms of a myocardial infarction?
Severe chest pain is the usual main symptom. The pain may also travel up into your jaw, and down your left arm, or down both arms. You may also sweat, feel sick, and feel faint. The pain may be similar to angina, but it is usually more severe and lasts longer. Angina usually goes off after a few minutes; pain in a heart attack usually lasts more than 15 minutes – sometimes several hours. What should I do if I suspect I am having a myocardial infarction? Call for an ambulance immediately because time is of the essence; being under medical care, whether in an ambulance or at the hospital, highly increases your chances of survival from a malignant arrhythmia. This type of arrhythmia can occur within the first two hours from the heart attack. Unblocking the artery, either by medication or through a catheter, lessens the impact of the heart attack. In general, mild heart attacks have few complications and few mortality rates. However, strong heart attacks involve more complications, less qu
