How to Use heart attack in a Sentence

heart attack

noun
  • He died of a massive heart attack.
  • Her chest pains turned out to be caused by a minor heart attack.
  • What does a heart attack feel like?
    — Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • What does a heart attack feel like?
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • No need to have a heart attack about it.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
  • What are the signs of a heart attack?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
  • What puts you at risk for a heart attack?
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Most of those deaths are from heart attacks.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Blood clots can block blood flow and lead to heart attack and stroke.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Lutz's heart doesn't pump as well as a heart that hasn't had a heart attack.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Rates of heart attacks and strokes are dropping.
    — William Warr, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The stress can trigger heart attacks or strokes.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 15 June 2026
  • People who take it may risk heart attack, strokes, and even death.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 5 July 2022
  • Too much plaque can cause blockages that lead to a heart attack or stroke.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 30 May 2026
  • One piece lodged near his heart and caused a mild heart attack a few days later.
    — Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Patients with hearts in the shape of this pot are at greater risk of a heart attack.
    — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Elvis died of a heart attack in 1977.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Birth control pills can raise the risk for blood clots, strokes, and heart attacks.
    — Maggie Fox, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The mention of a heart attack gave my own heart a little jolt.
    — Virgie Tovar, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2021
  • This can raise your risk of blood clotting, which may lead to a heart attack or stroke.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Let’s say there’s a house on fire down the street, or somebody just had a heart attack.
    — Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Candy was just 43 when a heart attack took his life.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This may increase the risk of heart attack and heart disease.
    — Lauren Krouse, Health, 9 June 2024
  • Her father had died from a heart attack at 58.
    — Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
  • These could be signs of a heart attack or stroke and need emergency care.
    — Alexandria Nyembwe, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
  • These drugs can also lower the risk of events like heart attack or stroke.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2023
  • David, how did Bob’s heart attack impact you?
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • Trump takes aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • It’s been 5 months since my heart attack and a few months since my heart transplant.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Can overindulging in a single meal trigger a heart attack?
    — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2026

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