An Introduction to Heart Attack Treatment
Each year, more than a million people in the United States have a
heart attack. About half of these people die as a result. Delaying heart attack treatment can result in lasting damage to your heart, or even death. The sooner treatment begins, the better your chances of recovering.
The goals of heart attack treatment are to:
- Quickly restore blood flow to the heart
- Continuously monitor your vital signs to detect and treat heart attack complications
- Make lifelong changes to reduce the chances of another heart attack.
Depending on the situation, specific treatment options can include:
Treating a Heart Attack: Restoring Blood Flow
Restoring blood flow to the heart is vital to prevent or limit damage to the heart muscle and to prevent another heart attack.
The main treatments used to restore blood flow to the heart are thrombolytic drugs and procedures such as angioplasty or open heart surgery.
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