What Is a Heart Attack?
2. Cardiac Arrest
People often think that a cardiac arrest and a heart attack are the same thing, but they are different conditions. While a heart attack means the flow of blood to the heart has been impeded, it does not necessarily mean that the patient’s heart has stopped. In instances of a cardiac arrest, the patient’s heart has stopped beating altogether.
While both conditions are serious, a cardiac arrest is certainly the more serious of the two, and the patient can die within minutes. A heart attack will sometimes lead to the patient having a cardiac arrest, but there are also other causes of the condition.
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