HEART ATTACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heart attack mean? 

• HEART ATTACK (noun)
  The noun HEART ATTACK has 1 sense:

1. a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function

  Familiarity information: HEART ATTACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEART ATTACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("heart attack" is a kind of...):

attack (a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition)

coronary failure; heart failure (inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions)

Meronyms (parts of "heart attack"):

coronary; coronary thrombosis (obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus))

MI; myocardial infarct; myocardial infarction (destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle)

 Context examples 

These loci were strongly linked to genetic risk of heart disease and heart attack.

(The genetics of blood pressure, NIH)

It does not always mean that you are having a heart attack.

(Chest Pain, NIH)

In many patients, it can also cause chest pain, heart attack, or heart failure.

(Atrial Fibrillation, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The resulting inflammatory response can cause blood clots, which block arteries and can lead to heart attack and stroke.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

PAD can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, and transient ischemic attack.

(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

It helps dissolve blood clots and is used to treat heart attacks, strokes, and clots in the lungs.

(Activase, NCI Dictionary)

In recent years, in clinical settings people recognize that many patients who have a heart attack will have a deficiency of D-3.

(Vitamin D-3 Could 'Reverse' Damage to Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study suggests this may translate into changes in the body that put them at higher risk for future heart attack and stroke.

(Too Much Salt? Unhealthy Blood Vessels Changes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This may allow lower doses of these drugs to be used to activate brown fat in people, hence reducing their risk of heart attack.

(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)

This is different than a heart attack, where the heart usually continues to beat but blood flow to the heart is blocked.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)