title: Ask the doctor. Someone forwarded an e-mail to me about coughing during a heart attack. It said that if I am having a heart attack, coughing deeply and strongly every few seconds could save my life. Is that true?
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D003371:Cough / Q000503:physiopathology; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans