India, Sept. 23 -- Heart attacks can quietly sneak in. Some types of heart attack are not as pronounced as you might otherwise think. In a September 23 Instagram video, Dr Vass, a longevity doctor and MD trained at Cornell, revealed that not all heart attacks include a "dramatic collapse." Indeed, we are often used to the depiction of a very loud heart attack with chest clenching or sharp pain in the chest. But sometimes, a heart attack can also be "silent."

Describing what a silent heart attack is, Dr Vass shared its formal name: silent myocardial infarction. Who is most at risk of this type of heart attack? According to the surgeon, people with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and those with excess visceral fat are. ...