heart attack

Example Sentences

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The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease – a heart attack or stroke for example – was 19% lower.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Bill Heym, who is in the Novartis trial, didn’t find out that he had high levels of the particle until he suffered a heart attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The last sitting California governor with facial hair in his official portrait was James “Sunny Jim” Rolph, a cheery Republican with a toothbrush mustache who died of a heart attack in office in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But a major 2025 clinical trial suggests that many people who have an uncomplicated heart attack and still have good heart function may not benefit from taking them at all.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

I didn’t figure it out until three in the morning, when I woke Mom to tell her I thought I was having a heart attack.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper