Knowledge of the real symptoms can save your life by reducing treatment delays.

You’ve seen Hollywood’s version of the heart attack on the screen or TV tube: The star grimaces in pain, clutches his chest, and falls to the floor. What’s wrong with this picture?

It doesn’t always happen like this in real life, doctors say, in particular for patients who have had procedures like angioplasty or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or for people in their 70s or 80s. Worse, what appears on the screen can mislead people into delaying the call for help that could save their lives. …

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