“It’s just all of a sudden, bam! It hits you.” That’s how Clinton Carawan of Virginia Beach described his recent heart attack.
He says he’s truly grateful to be alive. Dr. Deepak Talreja, Chief of Cardiology for Sentara Health, was one of the doctors who treated him.
“He had just had a massive cardiac arrest. When someone has a heart attack, it can be instantaneous. They can have a cholesterol blockage that they don’t even know about. It’s not causing any symptoms or anything else, and then suddenly, a blood clot forms right inside that artery and immediately, blood flow is blocked.”…