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What Is the Difference Between a Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest?

Mercola

The terms "heart attack" and "cardiac arrest" are often used interchangeably, but they refer to two distinct cardiovascular events that have significantly different causes and outcomes. 2 In comparison, more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the U.S. 1 According to the U.S. accounting for 70% of all cases.