A heart attack is a disease that involves the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that carry oxygen to the heart muscle. When a heart attack occurs, there is death of a part of the heart muscle resulting from sudden obstruction of the flow of blood in these arteries.
Other Terms for a Heart Attack
What are the other names of heart attack?
The different names for a heart attack are :
- Myocardial infarction or MI
- Acute myocardial infarction or AMI
- Acute coronary syndrome
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a disorder where the pressure of blood within the blood vessels is higher than normal. The force of the increased pressure can cause a wide range of problems without any noticeable symptoms at first. This is why hypertension is called the ‘silent killer’. Symptoms associate with blood pressure only shows up in the later stages or once other complications associated with high blood pressure presents itself.