Originally Posted by MrBaldBastard

I think most heart attacks fall in to the category of 65% hereditary and 35% life style choices, with bad lifestyle choices I tick every box, except diet as I do eat very well, portion size is my biggest crime. I don't exercise enough, sit at my pc all day, chain smoke ciggys and wash every 6th one down with a joint and about 40 pounds overweight ideal for my height. So over weight, not as excessive as many but still work to be done. Hereditary.. I think 60% of the family has died from heart issues. ;P

My wifes bestie had exactly the same procedure done 6 months ago.. he's a gym junkie, uber fit with sculptured body.. heart attack.

For those reading that are not sure, heart attack is a blocked vein to the heart, not cardiac arrest where the heart stops, my only symptom was shortness of breath and I felt like someone had hit me over the shoulders with a baseball bat.. no chest pain, went to doc, every test came back normal, ecg, doc had a listen to everything.. normal, blood pressure was elevated buy not alarming 162/87 was prescribed a lowering drug and told to come back next day to retest. Doc called me at 8pm that night saying blood test was back, Troponin levels were 22532, which is a sure sign you've had a heart attack and I was told to present myself to emergency and was sent straight to acute care for the night. Next day after testing every orifice, heart scans and all that I had an coronary angiogram via the wrist where they find the blocked vein and pop it open inserting a small tube to keep it open "a stent", next day at 12pm I was released... go back and see specialist in 6-8 weeks. The day before my attack I felt totally normal and now 2 days since release.. I feel totally normal, but need to get used to a new medicated lower blood pressure, and have some bruising on wrist where stent insertion went in made worse because I'm on blood thinners reality is I've had Mozzie bites that were worse and more painful, not sure if I'm on the thinners for life or just a temporary after operation thing, seeing GP tomorrow to ask those questions.