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To: raccoonradio

Why do they say “Massive Heart Attack” it was a heart attack, that is all, we don’t get massive cancer, massive diabetes, massive anything else, a pet peeve granted, but still ...


18 posted on 01/25/2010 7:52:22 AM PST by Scythian
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To: Scythian

Massive describes the extent of tissue involved. Some people have small heart attacks with very localized tissue damage and never even know it. A massive one will kill you outright.


30 posted on 01/25/2010 8:44:57 AM PST by Kirkwood
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