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Heart Attacks: Signs, Symptoms, Causes & Treatment
January 14, 2020
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Dr. Edo Paz
Edo Paz is VP Medical and Lead Physician at K Health. Dr. Paz has two degrees in chemistry from Harvard and an MD from Columbia University. He did his medical training in internal medicine and cardiology at New York-Presbyterian. In addition to his work at K Health, Dr. Paz is a cardiologist at Heartbeat Health, a cardiology practice located in New York City.
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Count 40 seconds in your head. Someone in the United States has just had a heart attack. Now count another 40 seconds. There’s another heart attack. In total, approximately 805,000 Americans have a heart attack each year.
There are a lot of misconceptions about what having a heart attack looks and feels like. In the movies, it always involves someone clutching at their chest and falling to the floor in a dramatic and sudden way. But in reality it can be much more subtle, and symptoms may even last for days before you realize the severity.
Read on to learn more about the signs and symptoms of a heart attack, and what it means to have one. I will cover the following topics:
“In total, approximately 805,000 Americans have a heart attack each year.”
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by
Dr. Edo Paz
Edo Paz is VP Medical and Lead Physician at K Health. Dr. Paz has two degrees in chemistry from Harvard and an MD from Columbia University. He did his medical training in internal medicine and cardiology at New York-Presbyterian. In addition to his work at K Health, Dr. Paz is a cardiologist at Heartbeat Health, a cardiology practice located in New York City.
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