Welcome to our website. We are just getting started! We decided to develop a website with the ultimate goal of becoming an education resource about diagnosing the symptoms and a promotional resource about heart healthy living. There are so many facets to the human heart and we believe it is important to understand how the heart works so that you may understand what is malfunctioning during a heart attack. The heart is a complex and unique organ. Thus, there are many ways for it to fail. There may be damage to the heart muscle. There may be damage to the heart valves. Sometimes heart disease is inherited. Sometimes it's congenital (from birth).

There is so much to cover when it comes to heart anatomy, how the heart works, heart disease, and what occurs during a heart attack. We are not going to be able to cover everything in an introduction. However, we would like to give you an idea of what you can expect as we build and grow the website over the years.

We will become a resource for heart anatomy diagrams, interactive modules about heart functions, various heart disorders and diseases, and the latest information about living heart healthy lifestyles.

In short, the heart is a muscle that is controlled by electrical impulses. It beats approximately 70 times per minute and is responsible for pumping blood throughout the circulatory system. The heart is the engine that allows the delivery of oxygen and nutrition to the all organs and tissue throughout the body. During a heart attack, the muscle, electrical impulse or a heart valve is disrupted in some way and the heart is no longer able to provide necessary and life sustaining nutrients and oxygen to the body. Ultimately, when a heart attack occurs, the body runs the risk of starvation and suffocation because the blood that carries these nutrients is not able to circulate.

Many heart attacks are preventable and many more can be treated. We will discuss prevention and cure as we build our website! If you have ideas or information that you would like to share, please contact us: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it