Heart attack

A infarction generally occurs when a blood clot blocks the blood flow through a coronary artery - one blood vessel which feeds a portion of the heart muscle with blood. The blood flow stopped for heart can damage or destroy a portion of the heart muscle.

A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, can often be fatal. Thanks to better knowledge of stroke signs, symptoms and treatments are improved, most people who have a heart attack has a good chance of surviving.

Your lifestyle - what you eat, how often you exercise and how you deal with stress - plays a role in his recovery from a heart attack. Moreover, a healthy lifestyle can help prevent a heart attack by controlling the risk factors that contribute to the narrowing of the coronary arteries that supply blood to your heart.
Treatment and Medications

Treatment of heart attack in a hospital
If you have a heart attack, heart attack treatment at a hospital varies depending on the situation. You may be treated with medications, which are undergoing an invasive procedure or both - depending on the severity of your condition and the amount of damage to your heart.

Medicines
Every minute that passes after a heart attack, more heart tissue loses oxygen and deteriorates or dies. The main way to prevent heart damage is to restore blood flow quickly.

Drugs that can be used to treat a heart attack are: aspirin, thrombolytic agents, nitroglycerin, beta blockers. Many of these drugs has the function to maintain the flow of blood in arteries, to dissolve the clot that may be blocking blood flow, arterial blood vessels open and relax the heart muscle.

Recalling that the statement or the use of these type of medication during a crisis can only be formalized through a medical indication. Never use self-medication, as the problem can be tricky.

Surgical procedures and other
In addition to medications, you may experience one of the following to treat your heart attack:

    Coronary angioplasty. Emergency angioplasty open blocked coronary arteries, allowing freer flow of blood to the heart.
    Coronary angioplasty is performed at the same time as a catheterization (angiogram) a procedure that doctors do first to locate narrowed arteries of the heart. When getting an angioplasty for heart attack treatment, the sooner the better to limit the damage to his heart.
   
Coronary artery bypass miocárdio.Cirurgia envolveum of veins or arteries and a blocked or narrowed coronary artery (bypassing the narrowed section), restoring blood flow to the heart.
Once the blood flow to the heart is restored and stable condition after his heart attack, you may be hospitalized for observation.

Prevention
It is never too late to take steps to prevent a heart attack - even if you already had one. Taking medications can reduce the risk of a second heart attack and help your damaged heart function better. Lifestyle factors also play a key role in preventing heart attack and retrieval.

Doctors usually prescribe drug therapy for people who have already had a heart attack or are at high risk of having one. Drugs that help heart function more effectively and reduce the risk of heart attack

In addition to medications, changes in lifestyle can help you recover from a heart attack can also help prevent heart attacks in the future. Include:

    No smoking
    Controlling conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes
    Stay physically active
    Eating healthy foods
    Maintaining a healthy weight
    Reduce and manage stress