Manhattan Cardiology’s own Dr. George Welch was recently interviewed in New York Daily News (nydailynews.com) to speak about the recent passing of Tom Petty by sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Welch is quoted as saying:
“Cardiac arrest occurs when your heart abruptly stops beating due to a malfunction in the body’s electrical system,” says George Welch, M.D., a cardiologist with Manhattan Cardiology.
“When the heart abruptly stops functioning you lose consciousness very quickly because blood is no longer pumped through the body,” Welch tells the Daily News. “With no blood flow to the brain, you collapse.”
The condition is different from a heart attack, which is caused by a blockage that stops blood flow to the heart. A heart attack — or myocardial infarction — refers to the “death of heart muscle tissue due to the loss of blood supply, which is irreversible,” says Welch. But it doesn’t necessarily result in the death of the heart attack victim.
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