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In This Issue

• Our Commitment, Cross Our Hearts
• Norman's Journey
• Caring at critical moments in the ICU
• When Muscle Matters
• Surgical Team focuses on Heart of the Matter
• If it’s an Emergency, We’re Here to Help
• It's His Special-TEE
• February is Heart Month
• Chest Pain Center is a Community Effort
• Heart Surgery's High-tech World
• PCI Puts Bounce Back in Her Step
• Cath Lab Blossoms with New Capabilities
• Heart-Healthy Eating Plan Fuels Recovery
• When It’s Time to Leave... You'll be Ready
• Learn CPR to Save a Life
• Chew an Aspirin after Calling 911
• Heart Attack Symptoms
• Symptoms of Heart Disease
• Telehealth: An Online Lifeline
• A Calm Refuge for Families
• High Blood Pressure is The Silent Killer
• Risk Factors for Heart Disease
• A Valentine's Day Double for NorthBay and Vacaville Museum
• With Lessons of the Heart, There’s Always More to Learn
• Just for Women: New Center Focuses on Their Unique Issues
• Sepehre Naficy, M.D. Joins Heart & Vascular Surgical Team
• A Leader in the Digital Age
• Hip Replacement Gives Ranch Owner a New Lease on Life
• Genentech Brings Santa to Annual ABC Party
• NorthBay Departments Adopt 62 Classrooms for Holidays
• NorthBay’s Fab New Lab
• Flu Fighters Meet Public’s Needs
• Sharing the Caring
• Help Yourself by Helping Others
• Jubilee Under the Big Top

Heart Attack Symptoms

January 20, 2010 · No Comments

A heart attack can strike like a sledge hammer, leaving no doubt that you’re in a cardiac emergency. A heart attack can also be so subtle that you mistake it for indigestion. That’s why it’s so important to understand the warning signs for heart attack.

Warning Signs of Heart Attack

• Pain or discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back. It can feel like pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain.
• Discomfort in other areas of the upper body such as in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
• Shortness of breath that occurs with or before chest discomfort.
• Other symptoms include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or light-headedness.

Warning Signs of a Heart attack in Women

Pat Suderow, R.N., and Maureen Allain, R.N., are ready to answer questions about the heart.

Heart attack symptoms in women can be very different than those in men.

• Pressure, fullness, squeezing pain in the center of the chest, spreading to the neck, shoulder or jaw pain.
• Chest discomfort with light-headedness, fainting, sweating, nausea or shortness of breath.
• Upper abdominal pressure or discomfort
• Lower chest discomfort
• Back pain
• Unusual fatigue
• Unusual shortness of breath
• Dizziness
• Nausea

Don’t take chances with chest pain. If you or someone near you experiences chest pain or other symptoms of a heart attack, don’t delay! Seek medical attention immediately.

Tags: Heart & Vascular