1. Diabetes
This happens when the supply of blood to the heart muscle is reduced, from a blocked artery, or stopped. Heart attacks are usually caused by severe coronary artery disease or by blood clots. This blocks an artery from supplying oxygen-rich blood to part of the heart. ... After having the heart attack some people need close monitoring, electric shock, drug therapy, re-vascularization procedures, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery. ...
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