Is an acute event in which a series of changes occur in the heart tissue, caused by the obstruction of a coronary artery or decreased blood flow, causing low oxygen supply in the cardiac cell, culminating in cell death and loss of heart tissue.

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.

The obstruction or narrowing of the coronary arteries is due to different causes, which occur gradually and are associated with the following risk factors:

• Tobacco use
• Obesity
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Hypertension
• High cholesterol
• Old age

We put at your disposal the Cardiometabolic Check-up to detect and treat risk factors (such as obesity, overweight, glucose intolerance, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, etc.).

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There are 5 types of heart attacks:

• Type 1 infarction: it is caused by a ruptured atheromatous plaque that obstructs one or more arteries that provide oxygen to the heart.
• Type 2 infarction: it is caused by the imbalance between oxygen supply and demand, for example, during bleeding, severe infections, and arrhythmias.
• Type 3 infarction: the patient has symptoms of a heart attack but dies before performing laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis.
• Type 4 infarction: it is the result of the complications of percutaneous coronary angiography.
• Type 5 infarction: originates from the complications of cardiac revascularization surgery.

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.

Chest pain for more than 20 minutes and may feel like:

• Tightness (as if someone were sitting on top of your chest).
• Burning sensation.
• Sensation that the thorax is pierced by thunder.
• Stabbing pain.

El dolor puede estar acompañado de uno o más de estos síntomas:

• The pain can spread to the arms, shoulders, jaw, neck, elbows, and wrists.
• Shortness of breath or a feeling of suffocation.
• Feeling of impending death.
• The urge to urinate or have a bowel movement.
• Excessive sweating.
• Fainting.
• Pain in the abdomen, symptoms of indigestion or heartburn.
• Palpitations.

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.

In approximately 30% of cases, three arteries of the heart are affected. When the anatomy is complicated, coronary artery bypass grafting is preferred, which consists of placing arterial grafts from the leg or chest and placing them as bridges in the arteries of the heart to free the occluded area and to be able to administer blood to the heart tissue.

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.

The aftereffects will always depend on how extensive the heart attack has been. If it was mild and of little extension, the patient has a high probability of recovering and leading a normal life, although risk factors must be controlled to prevent the occurrence of a new heart attack.

The main aftereffect after acute myocardial infarction is heart failure (permanent damage to the heart) and this is due to the fact that a large amount of myocardium had necrosis (death of cells and heart tissue), it is characterized by symptoms such as lack of air when exercising, lower extremity edema, cough, fatigue, among others.

Some people may develop pulmonary congestion (excessive accumulation of water in the lungs), unstable angina, ventricular arrhythmias, or heart blockages (disturbances in the flow of electrical currents in the myocardium).

It is important to remember that the heart is a pump and after an extensive infarction it loses the ability to contract, which determines that the patient may require permanent monitoring, both with drugs, exercises, and changes in their diet.

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.

• Quitting smoking is potentially the most effective of all prevention measures.
• Diet: increase the consumption of fruits, vegetables, and fish. Reduce your intake of saturated fat and salt.
• Physical activity: in general, moderate aerobic physical exercise is recommended for 30 minutes at least 4 times a week.
• Weight reduction if body mass index ≥ 30.
• Control of high blood pressure and diabetes.
• Management of the lipid profile (cholesterol and triglycerides).

At the Cardiovascular Center we offer you a wide range of prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and follow-up services to take care of your heart and that of your loved ones.