A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks | Akash Manoj

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🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and fatigue. But there's another kind that's just as deadly and harder to detect because the symptoms are silent. In this quick talk, 17-year-old inventor Akash Manoj shares the device he's developed to stop this silent killer: a noninvasive, inexpensive, wearable patch that alerts patients during a critical moment that could mean the difference between life and death.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features cardiology researcher and inventor Akash Manoge, recorded live at TED-Ed Weekend, 2018.
0:11.0	When I was 13, I lost my grandfather to a silent heart attack.
0:17.0	What happened to be more shocking was that at 75, Grandpa was really normal, healthy and energetic.
0:24.6	But he was diabetic.
0:27.6	Learning all of this was so painful
0:30.6	that I decided to go out on a war against this deadly killer
0:34.6	and see what could be done.
0:36.6	It was shocking to discover the results of reason studies that have against this deadly killer and see what could be done.
0:40.8	It was shocking to discover the results of reason studies that have shown an estimate of nearly 8 million people
0:44.5	who died from heart attacks every year.
0:48.6	Heart attacks occur for many reasons,
0:51.1	but most often, they occur when arteries get clogged, blood flow is cut off, and oxygen
0:57.9	start cells in the heart muscles start to die.
1:01.8	You may know the common symptoms of a heart attack, chest pain, arm pain, shortness of breath,
1:08.6	fatigue, etc.
1:10.8	But there is a type of heart attack that is quite common,
1:14.6	just as deadly, but harder to detect,
1:17.7	because the symptoms are silent.
1:20.9	People having silent heart attacks don't just realize what's happening.
1:26.7	So they're not seeking medical attention,
1:29.6	which means they're less likely to receive the treatment
1:33.3	that they need at a critical moment.
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