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Each year, more than 800,000 people experience a heart attack, which happens when a blockage in a blood vessel cuts off blood supply to the heart, according to the CDC. While most people are familiar with common symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath and feeling lightheaded, not all heart attacks present with typical warning signs.

A 2023 study from the American Heart Association found that about one in five heart attacks is silent, meaning the damage is done but the person is not aware of it.

Experts say women are at particular risk for this type of heart attack.
Janet Furr experienced a silent heart attack in the summer of 2024 while watering her neighbors’ flowers on a warm, humid day.

“I thought gosh my heart was kind of palpitating a little, but and I thought that’s kind of weird, you know, I rushed, came back in, it was hot, drank some water, felt okay, went to sleep, felt fine,” Furr said.

The next night, her smartwatch alerted her to a rapid heartbeat.
At the hospital, she learned she had suffered a heart attack in the previous 24 hours.

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