Symptoms of a Silent Heart Attack:

The best way to identify this disease is through careful study of medical history, ECG (electrocardiogram; measures heart activity) and testing blood for cardiac enzymes. The most important treatment in silent heart attack is restoring the blood flow to the heart muscle.Restoring blood flow can be accomplished by dissolving clots found in the artery (thrombolysis) or by pushing the artery open using a balloon (angioplasty). Both thrombolysis and angioplasty may be used at the same time.

It is reported that as much as 25 percent of those having a heart attack, especially patients with diabetes do not experience any of the common warning signs such as crushing chest pressure, weakness, arm pain or others.

Silent heart attacks and heart attacks in general can damage the nerves that affect the heart (autonomic neuropathy, or AN), and thus contribute to the lack of symptoms.

Symptoms of a silent heart attack can include discomfort in your chest, arms or jaw that seem to go away after resting, shortness of breath and tiring easily. The most common complaint of visitors to the emergency room is Chest Pain which is by far the most symptom you're having a heart attack. Although chest pain may be the primary warning sign of an acute heart attack, shortness of breath, profuse sweating and weakness are also common signs. Oddly enough, many heart attack victims reported a feeling of overwhelming doom just before an attack.