A widowmaker heart-attack is a type of heart-attack in which you have a full blockage in your heart’s biggest artery. A heart attack is a “myocardial infarction,” which means enough blood is not being pumped to the heart muscle (myocardium).
The heart’s biggest artery, i.e., the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery, sends oxygen-rich blood to your heart’s left ventricle. This lower chamber pumps oxygen-rich blood to your aorta, which sends it to your body. The blockage in this artery causes widowmaker heart-attack.
The symptoms of this heart attack are chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, upset stomach, tiredness, light-headedness, and pain in other parts of your upper body (arms, shoulders, neck, jaw or back).
It mostly affects men above the age of 45 and women above the age of 50. It also affects the ones who have less nutrition in their diet, use tobacco, exercise less and have other medical issues such as obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
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