Heart attack alert

Common symptoms:

* Chest discomfort or pain that lasts more than a few minutes or returns

* Discomfort in an arm, the back, neck, jaw or stomach

* Shortness of breath

* Nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, fainting or breaking out in a cold sweat

What you should do:

* Call 911 within five minutes of the start of symptoms.

* Even if symptoms stop in less than five minutes, call a doctor.

For more information about heart attacks:

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/

Diseases/HeartAttack/

heartattack_risk.html

For details about emergency angioplasty:

americanheart.org/presenter.

jhtml?identifier=4454



Source: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute