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Heart Attack Learning Center

A heart attack is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart. The heart muscle dies or becomes permanently damaged. Your doctor calls this a myocardial infarction.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 23, 2009
A heart attack is the death of, or damage to, part of the heart muscle because its blood supply is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
A myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is the death or damage of part of the heart muscle because the supply of blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
A heart attack is the death of, or damage to, part of the heart muscle because the supply of blood to the heart muscle is severely reduced or stopped.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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