HEART ATTACK FACTS:
* About 55,000 Australians suffer a heart attack every year
* 23 people die from heart attacks every day
* One-in-four patients die within the first hour of the first heart attack symptom
* Caused by a blockage in a coronary artery
HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS:
* Discomfort or pain in chest
* Discomfort in your arm(s), shoulder(s), neck, jaw or back
* Possible choking feeling in throat
* Shortness of breath
* Nausea
* Cold sweat
* Dizziness or feeling light-headed
NOT AN OLD MAN'S PROBLEM
* Heart disease kills four times more Australian women than breast cancer
* 40 per cent of heart attacks in women are fatal
(Source: Heart Research Australia, Heart Foundation)
