Nana Patekar dies of cardiac arrest: Cardiac arrest vs heart attack, and what happens in the first 60 minutes

Nana Patekar's death following a cardiac arrest has brought renewed attention to an important distinction that is often misunderstood: cardiac arrest and heart attack are not the same thing. While the terms "cardiac attack" and "heart attack" are sometimes used interchangeably, cardiac arrest is a different and more immediately life-threatening emergency.