2007-11-14 15:37:57 · 13 answers · asked by Joseph T 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
A stroke occurs in the brain: stoppage of blood flow to brain: a sudden blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain resulting in, e.g. loss of consciousness, partial loss of movement, or loss of speech
A heart attacks occurs in the heart: damage to heart: a sudden, serious, painful, and sometimes fatal interruption of the heart's normal functioning, especially due to a blockage in the coronary artery
2007-11-14 15:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by LunasAngel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A stroke happens when blood is cut off to the brain (usually when a piece of blood clot gets dislodged and then stuck in a artery)
A heart attack happens when the heart is overworked and goes into either arrest or an irregular beat pattern.
Both make for a bad day!
2007-11-14 23:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Alan T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A stroke is generally caused by a blod clot that cuts off blood within the brain. Another type of stroke, like the one I had, is the veins constrict to the point of cutting off the blood flow in the brain. Vasculitis.
A heart attack is a malfunction of a person's heart muscle. Be it by build up restricting the blood flow into the heart (congestive heart failure), or a defective or failing valve inside the heart, etc etc.
2007-11-14 23:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by Carol T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both occur through blockages.
A stroke is when the brain is deprived of oxygen, usually brought on by a rupture blood vessel in the brain (aneurism)or to blood clots. Heart attacks occur due to a blockage of the blood flow to the heart, usually due to cholesterol. Usually this is the case, as there are a host of diseases that affect the heart causing heart attacks. (My little brother was a freshman Varsity football player and had a heart attack on the field. He lived, but we found out he had a congential heart disorder.)
2007-11-14 23:49:12 · answer #4 · answered by Kiker 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stroke happens in the brain due to lack of oxygen. Heart attack happens in the heart for many different reasons.
2007-11-14 23:39:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In a nutshell, a heart attack results when an artery is clogged and prevents proper bloodflow around the body, blood cannot circulate the way it should.
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted.
2007-11-14 23:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A heart attack is a Blockage in the arteies around your heart...most likely a blood clot
A stroke is a blood clot or blockage in your brain
2007-11-14 23:41:06 · answer #7 · answered by msnoname7 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think a stroke takes place in the brain.
A heart attack...in the heart.
2007-11-14 23:41:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A stroke occurs when a blood vessel pops in your brain, while a heart attack is when, for any number of reasons, your heart stops.
2007-11-14 23:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by Faerie_Queene3 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
stroke attacks the brain and central nerveuos system, where as a heart attack of course attacks the heart.
2007-11-14 23:41:58 · answer #10 · answered by Edward E 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋