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Understanding Heart Attacks Video
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Video at a Glance
- This video explains heart attacks.
- Every year in the United States, 860,000 people have heart attacks.
- Symptoms of a heart attack include shortness of breath, air hunger, sweating, and clammy skin.
- A heart attack is when an area of the heart is deprived of blood and oxygen.
- Heart attacks are caused by a build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries.
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