What distinguishes a heart attack from many other health conditions is the immediacy and seriousness of its impact. However, the potentially deadly event does not always announce itself with a big bang. The reality is people can notice subtle heart attack symptoms months before an actual event occurs, explains Sutter Zi-Jian Xu, a cardiologist in the Sutter Health network. Doctor Xu emphasises this point when discussing heart attack symptoms and prevention with his patients. As he explains, these subtle changes often leave people second-guessing what they just experienced. “We might pause at t…
