Heart Attack

Watch how to properly use nitroglycerin, in the event that you experience heart attack symptoms.

Find out how statin medications help you to treat your heart disease and lessen your risk of having another heart attack.

Understand the mix of emotions that are common after having a heart attack, learn healthful coping strategies and find out who you can turn to for emotional support.

When you have heart disease, you may experience a symptom called angina. This program helps you learn how to recognize angina, take steps to prevent angina, and treat it if you experience it.

Learn how one person's life changed after a heart attack.

No one wants to have to go back to the hospital after discharge. "Avoiding Hospital Readmissions: Heart Attack" explains the patient's role in preventing unnecessary hospital readmissions. This program includes critical information on how to better understand discharge instructions and continued recovery at home. Patients can review a discharge checklist that explains what they need to know before they go home.

It's important for a hospital patient to be active in his own healthcare. As a hospital patient make sure that you are prepared before you go home. In Part 2, review the checklist that will make doing that easier.

It's a relief to leave the hospital, but a patient should also plan carefully for the return home. Make sure all the bases are covered including who to call if there is a problem. Part 3 provides tips to make the return home easier.

Recovery really begins when a patient gets home. Often diet, exercise and new medications are part of the equation. In Part 4, find out what steps you can take to recover faster.

Every year, people in the U.S. who have a heart attack survive and enjoy a normal, productive life. Your heart is healing. With each passing day, you can become stronger and more active. Make preventing another heart attack your first priority. © AHA

Too much stress can increase your risk of a heart attack. Learn how to recognize when you're under chronic, dangerous stress and what steps you can take to reduce the amount of stress in your daily life.

Now that you survived a heart attack, this worksheet will help you through the days between your discharge from the hospital and follow-up visit with your doctor. © AHA

In this video learn how Dale's life was impacted by her heart attack, and how she recovered from it.

Learn how having a heart attack changed Paul Lee's life.

Some heart attacks are sudden and intense but may start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Learn some of the signs of a heart attack. © AHA