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ABOUT HEART ATTACKS
Anyone can experience a heart attack.

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Your heart needs a constant supply of oxygen-containing blood to keep it healthy. A heart attack happens when a blood clot in an artery interrupts that blood supply.

Chest pain is the most common warning sign of a heart attack. But there are other signs and symptoms and these can vary from one person to another. Too often people ignore symptoms because they think of the classic 'Hollywood' heart attack where someone collapses to the ground and is unconscious.

In reality heart attack symptoms are not always this extreme. Find out more about heart attack symptoms.
A heart attack can happen at any time of the day or night. It can be brought on by intense physical or emotional stress but it's just as likely to happen out of the blue when you are resting.
It is estimated that every 6 minutes someone in the UK dies from a heart attack.
  • Coronary heart disease remains the UK's single biggest killer with almost 94,381 deaths in 2006.
  • Anyone can experience a heart attack. Every year about 126,000 men and 101,000 women suffer heart attacks.
  • Around a third of heart attack patients die before they reach hospital.
  • You are three times more likely to survive if you call the emergency services immediately and receive medical help in the first hour. Don't wait - call 999 immediately.

You can help us save lives by learning how to recognise the signs of a heart attack and calling an ambulance immediately when you recognise the signs in you or other people.