Difference between a heart attack, cardiac arrest, and stroke?
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Heart attack: specific part of artery feeding heart is blocked, damaging a small part of heart muscle
Cardiac arrest: the electrical circuit that keeps a consistent heart beat is interrupted due to many reasons, heart can’t fill or pump blood
Stroke: for many reasons oxygen can’t reach the brain and so brain tissue becomes damaged/dies and causes symptoms
Fun fact: a blood clot in the deep veins of the leg can dislodge and flow to the heart or the brain where it blocks small arteries and can cause a heart attack and/or stroke.
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