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What is a heart attack?
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What is a heart attack?

Heart attack occurs when blood supply to the heart is suddenly blocked. In this video, Dr. Sunthar tells us the cause of a heart attack.

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The heart itself has three main arteries that feed the muscle itself with blood, as the heart then pumps blood around the rest of the body. Those three main arteries are called coronary arteries and if one of them blocks then that can lead to death of the heart muscle that that artery is meant to be feeding and that is a heart attack.

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