Just over one third of heart attack patients experience what doctors describe as the ‘Hollywood heart attack’ — breaking into a cold sweat, grimacing and falling to the ground, it has emerged.

Some 7% of Dublin men who suffered a heart attack drove themselves to hospital emergency units, a new study revealed today.

WOMEN are less likely to survive a heart attack than men because their symptoms are not recognised in time.

WOMEN who suffer a heart attack are forced to wait longer than men for treatment in Irish hospitals, research revealed yesterday.