Very sad. I thought heart attacks were essentially preventable with screenings and care that anyone with money could afford. Dick Cheney seems to be on top of his severe heart problems and keeps hanging in there. Yet we lost Tim Russert, Davy Jones of the Monkees and now Scalia to sudden heart attacks that they apparently didn’t think they were at any risk of.
Did you ever take a look at Scalia? He was overweight, out of shape, did not take care of himself and your surprised he died of a heart attack? He was a walking advertisement for one. He may have had other signs and did not go to a doctor.
It’s sad but he just did not take care of himself.
By the way the reason Cheney was on top of his heart problems is that he had his first heart attack when he was in his 30’s. He knew he had chronic heart disease and that is why he was always taking care of himself.
Scalia, as far we know, had no known heart problems, his problems are those accumulated over a life time.
“I thought heart attacks were essentially preventable with screenings and care that anyone with money could afford. “
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Nope.
A good friend died of a sudden heart attack at work just 2 days after he had a complete physical.
He was 45.
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Sudden cardiac arrest is different from a heart attack. Lots of people have “heart attacks” and don’t even know it. And the number one symptom of a heart attack in men is denying you’re having one.