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Heart attack means you have one of the blood vessels choked in your heart. This gives rise to some of the part of heart dead. In stroke you usually have the blood supply of the brain affected. That gives rise to paralysis of some part of your body, usually.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoA heart attack occurs when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked, usually by a blood clot. Without oxygenated blood, the heart muscle begins to die. A stroke is a brain attack, cutting off vital blood flow and oxygen to the brain. Stroke happens when a blood vessel feeding the brain gets clogged or bursts.
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∙ 9y agoA stroke can not cause a heart attack. They both are similar. The stroke is caused by problems in the brain. Heart attacks are caused by clots or problems with the heart.
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∙ 13y agoA heart attack clogs up the blood in the heart, while a stroke clogs up the blood in the brain. They are caused by the same thing, really, just in different areas of the body.
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