According to the Indian Heart Association, 50% of all heart attacks in Indian men occur under the age of 50 and 25% of all heart attacks in Indian men under the age of 40. According to Abc.net.au, cardiac arrest is an electrical malfunction that disrupts your heart’s rhythm so that it stops pumping blood around your body. The heart usually doesn’t stop beating during a heart attack, unless your heart attack leads to cardiac arrest. “While it does not directly cause heart attacks, sudden, severe stress can lead to stress cardiomyopathy (or broken heart syndrome). “It is important to educate people that no one can be completely safe from cardiac arrest, and therefore it is important to keep the risk factors (diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, etc.)

Source: Mint February 26, 2018 15:11 UTC