Other causes | Causes of heart attack

Other causes

In very rare cases, a heart attack can be triggered by other causes:

  • For example, an inflammation of the blood vessels can cause a heart attack.
  • In addition, clots coming from other vessel sections can be washed into the heart and block the coronary arteries.
  • There are still congenital malformations that increase the risk.
  • Between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., the probability of having a heart attack is increased because more clots form in the blood in the early morning hours.
  • In addition, the composition of the blood plays a role; an elevated level of homocysteine in the blood is said to increase the risk of heart attack. However, there are no drug-based approaches here, as the risk of heart attack does not decrease even after homocysteine is lowered by drugs.
  • Further a too small blood mirror of the Vitamin D3 seems to be connected with an increased cardiac infarct risk. In studies it was shown that men with low Vitamin D3-Spiegeln have a twice as high risk for a cardiac infarct, compared with men with normal Vitamin D3-Spiegeln.
  • In addition migraine seems to play a role as a cause for a heart attack.
  • Also the load with fine dust from automobile and industrial exhaust gases seems to increase the cardiac infarct risk, thus the residence would be a further factor, which contributes to the general risk.
  • Another unchanging factor is blood group, people with blood group AB have the highest risk of getting a heart attack, while blood group 0 carriers have the lowest.
  • A self-explanatory risk factor is compliance, i.e. the acceptance of the treatment. If patients stop taking prescribed medication on their own, the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and thus of heart attack is logically increased. This becomes particularly obvious when drugs for diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus or fat-lowering drugs are simply no longer taken.