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How To Increase Your Chances Of Surviving A Heart Attack

How To Increase Your Chances Of Surviving A Heart Attack

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Heart attacks are rampant, and those who survive may keep more or less serious consequences. A heart attack is often accompanied by some warning signs of dizziness and tightness of the chest, breath and cold sweat. Should you experience these symptoms, know that your reaction accounts for much of your survival. Here is how to increase your chances of surviving a heart attack.


A heart attack occurs following the interruption of blood flow reaching the heart, especially because of the formation of a blood clot or blockage of the coronary artery. The chances that an individual has to survive this crisis and to limit the effects depend on his physical strength and overall health.

According to a study by Johns Hopkins University, obese or suffering from other diseases are at greater risk of dying after a heart attack. The results of the same study also showed that people practicing regular physical activity had a reduced risk for heart attack and more likely to not keep any sequelae.

How does physical activity have on your body?
Through physical activity, blood flow through the body is turned on, thereby supplying oxygen and nutrients to different tissues and muscles.

In addition, cardiovascular exercise promotes the creation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis), which are beginning to supply blood to the heart. So when a blood vessel is blocked, the heart already has a sufficient amount of blood that reaches the level thanks to new vessels, which guarantees the arrival of the nutrients it needs. If ever several vessels are blocked at the same time, the area of the heart deprived of blood is much less damaged.


How to assess the risk of heart attack?

To assess the risks of suffering a heart attack, we must consider the various risk factors that include family history of heart disease, smoking, obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Moreover, according to a study by French cardiologists Georges-Pompidou Hospital in Paris, women are more likely to have a heart attack at a younger age (63 years on average against 66 in 1995).

If you wish to make a small physical test to get to know the heart of your health, you just get on a treadmill and try to run 1.5 km in 10 minutes, while keeping the same speed. If you manage to do that, your cardiovascular system healthy, by cons, those who fail must make efforts and practice more sport to increase endurance and reduce their risk of heart attack and severity of sequelae .

How to increase the chances of surviving a heart attack?

To avoid succumbing to a heart attack, we must first eliminate all possible risk factors, such as smoking and high cholesterol. So remember to stop smoking if you are smoking, because smoking causes a restriction of blood vessels and reduce blood flow reaching the heart. Also check your cholesterol and blood sugar levels by adopting a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables full of nutrients and antioxidants beneficial for heart health.


You must also be physically active for 30 minutes 3 times a week minimum, favoring beneficial exercises for heart health such as the treadmill, cycling and swimming. If you do not have these devices available or if you do not have enough time to get to a gym, try walking or running three times a week to maintain your stamina and form.