Ms f visited physician for a routine physical. during the exam she explained that over the last two week she had been feeling much more tired than normal and occasionally felt short of breath. knowing that woman usually present with atypical symptoms of a heart attack, her physician ran some diagnostic test and found that ms f was indeed having a heart attack

A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood that carries oxygen to the heart is blocked. The myocardium is deprived of oxygen and begins to die.

A person who has a heart attack may have some of these symptoms, or all of them:

Uncomfortable pressure, inflammation or oppressive pain in the center of the chest

Discomfort or pain that spreads beyond the chest to the shoulders, back, neck, jaw, teeth, one or both arms, and sometimes the upper abdomen

Shortness of breath

Stun, dizziness and fainting

Sweating

Sickness

Usually, a heart attack causes chest pain for more than 15 minutes, but it also may not show any symptoms. It is important to know that other symptoms may occur in addition to chest pain, such as indigestion or persistent pain in the neck or jaw.

Many people who have a heart attack have warning signs in advance of hours, days or weeks.