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Victoria
06/25/08
Victoria
Category:symptoms of a heart attack

gasping for a breath for over 30 minutes and then collapsing can that be considered a heart attack

My uncle in Italy just passed away the other day. His wife said that he woke unable to breathe he then went into the kitchen and opened up the refrigerator trying to get air. He started banging on the the table, but after 1 hour he collapsed and died. Hec omes from a small town in Sicily. He was ...

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