Recognizing and acting on heart attack symptoms is linked with faster lifesaving treatment, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.
than first-time sufferers, but recognition was low in both groups," said study author Dr. Kyehwan Kim of Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea."Most patients could identify chest pain but less than one-third knew the other symptoms."
Heart attack symptoms can include chest pain, radiating pain to the arms, jaw and neck, dizziness, cold sweats, shortness of breath, feeling sick and loss of consciousness. It is crucial to call an ambulance immediately and get fast treatment to survive and make a full recovery. This study investigated the association betweenmyocardial infarction
patients in the Republic of Korea. Trained nurses asked survivors if they recognized the following myocardial infarction symptoms: 1) chest pain, 2) shortness of breath, 3) cold sweats, 4) radiating pain to the jaw, shoulder or arm 5) dizziness/vertigo/lightheadedness/loss of consciousness and 6) stomach ache.
Patients were classified as"recognized symptoms" if they could identify at least one symptom; otherwise they were classified as"did not recognize symptoms." The researchers compared patient characteristics, time to lifesaving treatment and survival between the two groups after adjusting for age 70 years and above, sex, education, living with a spouse, previous registration in KRAMI RCC, cancer, dyslipidemia, cardiogenic shock and presence of acute decompensated heart failure.
The study included 11,894 myocardial infarction patients, of whom 10,623 had a first-time event and 1,136 had a repeat event. Of the 1,136 patients with a repeat event, 118 were excluded due to missing data, failure to answer the survey about symptoms, or presentation withOverall, just over half of patients recognized the symptoms of myocardial infarction. The majority of patients could identify
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