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HEART ATTACK
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I. (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:
Heart attacks, high blood pressure, infections, and other diseases can all cause cardiomyopathy.
(Cardiomyopathy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Some of the most common serious problems include heart attack and stroke.
(Cocaine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Blood thinners reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by reducing the formation of blood clots in your arteries and veins.
(Blood Thinners, NIH)
Doctors and nurses there treat emergencies, such as heart attacks and injuries.
(Emergency Medical Services, NIH)
But it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure.
(Blood Pressure Medicines, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Many factors can affect your heart's rhythm, such as having had a heart attack, smoking, congenital heart defects, and stress.
(Arrhythmia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The active ingredient in a drug used to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood and to prevent stroke, heart attack, and angina (chest pain).
(Atorvastatin, NCI Dictionary)
It can be from a virus or other infection, a heart attack, heart surgery, other medical conditions, injuries, and certain medicines.
(Pericardial Disorders, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The BCPT also looked at whether taking tamoxifen would decrease the number of heart attacks and reduce the number of bone fractures in these women.
(Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, NCI Thesaurus)
HDL and triglycerides are both correlated with heart attack, and have an inverse relationship with one another—the lower the HDL, the higher the triglycerides.
(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)
