title: Heart attack: what you don't know can hurt!
abstract: Do belching, chills, fatigue, and pressure just above the ribs sound like the symptoms of a heart attack? To most patients, they probably don't. However, research is indicating that a victim's actual symptoms often do not match his or her expectations of what a heart attack should feel like. As a result, many sufferers do not seek medical attention, or they delay it, which can result in permanent damage to the heart muscle or even death. A recent research study indicated that most patients with recent heart attack (74%) interviewed had symptoms different from what they expected. As a result, medical treatment was significantly delayed.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Biggers
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic