How Heart Disease Works How Heart Disease Works The heart is a
muscle that needs oxygen and nutrients found in your blood in
order to pump more blood rich with these essential ingredients
to other parts of your body. The blood is delivered to the
heart's walls via the coronary arteries. When these arteries
become blocked or narrowed, and the heart's muscle walls are
starved of vital oxygen and nutrients, a heart attack occurs. It
is important for you to realize that heart disease is a lifelong
condition. Making changes for better health today enables your
heart to be healthier, thus making you healthier for you and the
ones you love. The Warning Signs of Heart Attack - Uncomfortable
pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest
that lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back.
- Pain that spreads to the shoulders, neck or arms. - Chest
discomfort with lightheadedness, fainting, sweating, nausea or
shortness of breath. - As a woman, YOU may have these less
common warning signs