William Brady, MD
William Brady, MD, professor of emergency and cardiovascular medicine, was featured in The Washington Post and Canadian media discussing the warning signs of a heart attack.
Cardiologists explain that heart attacks happen when blood flow to the heart is blocked or reduced, usually due to a blood clot formed after a plaque rupture in a coronary artery. According to Dr. Brady, the “vast majority of people” who have a heart attack will feel a tight, squeezing or aching chest pain. If you’re carrying groceries in and your chest is suddenly tight, you’re short of breath and you’re breaking out in a sweat, these are signs of an impending heart attack, Dr. Brady said. Especially on fair-weather days when there’s no reason to perspire.
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