Silent Heart Attacks: Are You At Risk?

This article was Posted on January 28, 2020 by Henry Ford Health System Staff  

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American men and women, striking an estimated 800,000 people every year. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

When people think of a heart attack, they often think about pounding chest pain and an inability to breathe — the result of insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle that characterizes a heart attack. But up to 20 percent of heart attacks are so subtle that they go unnoticed.

“Most likely all of these people had signs of heart disease, but the symptoms weren’t significant enough to prompt them to get checked out by a physician,” explains Samer Kazziha, M.D., an interventional cardiologist at Henry Ford Health System.

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Dr. Samer Kazziha is an interventional cardiologist and the chief of Cardiovascular Services for Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.

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