How to Use heart attack in a Sentence

heart attack

noun
  • He died of a massive heart attack.
  • Her chest pains turned out to be caused by a minor heart attack.
  • Then, in 1935, at the age of fifty-three, Baruch Israel died of a heart attack.
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Patients with hearts in the shape of this pot are at greater risk of a heart attack.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Birth control pills can raise the risk for blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks.
    Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • All are grilled, all with a low chance of contributing to a heart attacks.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In the movie, Lisa dies from a sudden heart attack while at a restaurant with Monk.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Lange died at age 81 of a heart attack at his home in Mill Valley, Calif.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • His mother died in her sleep of a heart attack at age 55 three years ago.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Her mother suffered a heart attack and died on the trip.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • This may increase the risk of heart attack and heart disease.
    Lauren Krouse, Health, 9 June 2024
  • Blood clots raise the likelihood of heart attack and stroke.
    Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • His daughter Mika Ito said the cause was a heart attack.
    Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • One piece lodged near his heart and caused a mild heart attack a few days later.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • These drugs can also lower the risk of events like heart attack or stroke.
    Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Sudden sweating can also be one of the first signs of a heart attack.
    Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Her death certificate listed the cause of death as a heart attack.
    Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The researchers also note that there was a clear drop in the risk of having a sudden heart attack.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Doug suffered a heart attack after catching the two about to make love.
    Michael Maloney, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Heartburn pain that is severe and lasts longer than 10 to 15 minutes may be due to a heart attack.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • In late April of 1995, Jack Welch suffered a crippling heart attack.
    Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • It’s where her mother was saved after having a heart attack in the mid-1990s.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • In December of 2019, Cox died at his Arizona home of a heart attack.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Just as the repairs were completed, the husband died of a heart attack.
    Rebecca Santana, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Caan died at the age of 82 this past July following a heart attack.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Health issues hit Anita in her 60s: a heart attack and two strokes.
    AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The eldest struggled with depression and died of a heart attack in 2009.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
  • His daughter, Elisabeth Ryan, said the cause was a heart attack.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • When the figures were broken down by season, death rates due to heart attack went down to 22% in the winter and leaped to 58% in the summer.
    Time, 3 Nov. 2022
  • With heart attacks, for example, the most common symptom is chest pain for men and women—but women may be more likely to experience other symptoms, such as shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting, or jaw pain.
    Stacey Colino, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024

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