Heart Attack Care in Kharghar

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, happens when a coronary artery supplying the heart muscle becomes blocked, usually by a clot forming where a plaque has ruptured. The muscle beyond the blockage begins to die within minutes. That is why treatment for a heart attack is measured in minutes rather than hours.

The classic warning is heavy pressure or tightness in the centre of the chest, often spreading to the left arm, the jaw or the back, with sweating, nausea or breathlessness alongside it. But it is not always dramatic. In women, in people with diabetes and in older patients, a heart attack can present as unexplained breathlessness, extreme fatigue, or discomfort that gets mistaken for indigestion.

If you suspect a heart attack, call for emergency help immediately and do not drive yourself. Time to treatment is the biggest single factor in how much heart muscle survives, and waiting to see whether it passes is the most common and most costly mistake.

Once the diagnosis is confirmed on an ECG and cardiac blood tests, treatment aims to reopen the blocked artery, usually with angioplasty and a stent. What follows matters just as much: supervised cardiac rehabilitation, nutrition support, and medication to bring down the risk of it happening again.