A heart attack took the life of a 50-year-old man in 12 hours: a cardiologist named three mistakes that many people make

People over the age of 40 should regularly check their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and seek help for the first signs of a heart attack. About this in channel zen said cardiologist Konstantin Krulev.

A 50-year-old man felt severe pain in his chest and called an ambulance. The ECG showed no changes, so the doctors concluded that the attack was caused by osteochondrosis. The patient was given painkillers, his condition improved, and the man remained at home. After some time, he searched on the Internet how to get rid of shortness of breath. About 12 hours later, relatives came from the country and found the dead man with foam caked on his face. Autopsy showed a massive focal myocardial infarction complicated by pulmonary edema.

“It’s quite possible that both blood pressure and cholesterol were elevated, he just didn’t know about it – there were no symptoms. At 50 years of age, it is an unforgivable mistake not to know your cholesterol and blood pressure levels. <...> With asymptomatic atherosclerosis (which, let me remind you, is the cause of death for every second resident of Russia), the risk of sudden death increases many times,” said the doctor. It is not known whether the doctors recommended hospitalization for the patient. If a man rejects himself, he has made the second common mistake. In addition, he noticed another attack, which was accompanied by shortness of breath.