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Would you know the symptoms of a heart attack?

A heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction) is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot. Approximately one million Americans suffer a heart attack each year. Four hundred thousand of them die as a result of their heart attack. Read More About Heart Attacks »

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