2006-07-26 03:39:54 · 11 answers · asked by ♥♥♥ 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
A stroke = cerebral vascular accident, a condition caused in the brain by a bleed or a clot.
A heart attack or Myocardial Infarction is basically the same thing only in the heart instead of the brain.
2006-07-26 12:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by luigilula 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Both heart attack and stroke are vascular events and all though they happen in different organs there are other differences.
A stroke isn't necessarily a clot or a blockage, it could be a burst of a blood vessel or it could be that the blood vessel was not formed correctly, which in any case could act as the same situation as before, causing the blood to spill out of the brain, causing a stroke also.
A heart attack is very normally an ischemic attack (little oxygen and or blood flow) but this is not the only reason a heart attack could happen, there is a situation called a Prizmetal Angina, in which a healthy heart could have a heart attack, but that is besides the point.
Yes there is a difference, and basically the difference is that a stroke can happen both from a clot or a burst of a vessel and a heart attack most of the time happens 'cause of a clot
2006-07-26 05:27:34 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stroke is a lack of blood supply to the brain and can affect any or all parts of the body, sometimes with lasting results such as a facial droop or weakness in a particular body part. The symptoms of a stroke are not usually painful and can include weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness and sometimes falling down frequently. A heart attack can be caused by many different things with a variety of symptoms, usually chest pain, shortness of breath, numbness or tingling in the arms, but there are also "silent" heart attacks that can go unnoticed for a while. Heart attacks can also leave lasting symptoms depending on how much damage is done to the heart during the attack. The main thing strokes and heart attacks have in common is their relationship to blood flow.
2006-07-26 03:51:15 · answer #3 · answered by azharley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stroke or "brain attack" occurs when a blood clot or some other small particle blocks the blood vessel supplying that part of the brain, or when a vessel weakens, causing it to leak and bleed into the surrounding tissue.
A heart attack also occurs when there is a blockage in a blood vessel, only in this case it is in the arteries that supply the heart muscle with oxygen and blood. The blockage in the heart vessels may be due to blood clots or small particles of plaque. In both cases, damage may occur to the tissue but will result in different types of symptoms.
2006-07-26 03:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by alicia_henderson85 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stroke occur is the brain and a heartattack occurs in the heart
2006-07-26 03:42:53 · answer #5 · answered by couriousk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stroke is a blockage of the arteries in your brain. A heart attack is a blockage of the coronary arteries in your heart. Same thing, different organ.
2006-07-26 03:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by mrodrx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a stroke is when there is a blood clot in the brain, a heart attack is when bloodflow is interrupted anywhere else
2006-07-26 03:43:53 · answer #7 · answered by Joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a stroke is caused by not enough blood going to your brain-a heart attack is the same thing but not enough blood going to your heart
2006-07-26 03:43:50 · answer #8 · answered by Lola 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heart attack is when the heart can't pump blood properly
stroke is when blood supply is cut off to part of the brain
2006-07-26 03:43:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woah,
...I did not know that....That's really scary, thinking back on all the people on television who have strokes....
2006-07-26 03:45:36 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋