How a Heart Attack Works

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We’ve all seen the 70 year old man on TV who suddenly clutches his chest and yells “Oh, my chest!!” and then falls over dead.  Seems like a relatively easy way to die, certainly better than massive burns over your body then dying three days later in the hospital of an infection.  So what is going on in the chest when the heart attack occurs?  What is causing the pain?  Is that truly the behavior of someone experiencing an authentic heart attack?  More...