From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheart attackˈheart atˌtack ●●○ noun [countable] 1 MIa sudden serious medical condition in which someone’s heart stops working normally, causing them great painhave/suffer a heart attack2 → give somebody/have a heart attack
Examples from the Corpus
heart attack• A cigarette smoker has two to three times the risk of having a heart attack than a nonsmoker.• It was Anderson who discovered Tilden dead of a heart attack in June of 1953.• A postmortem examination revealed she had suffered a heart attack at the time of the accident.• And in Dusseldorf police said a member of the Republican party suffered a heart attack after being beaten up by demonstrators.• Bunn was released from trial during the summer after suffering a heart attack.• My boss is having some kind of heart attack.• Marv recently suffered his second heart attack.• One had had a suspected heart attack, another had a broken leg.have/suffer a heart attack• He was released from trial during the summer, after suffering a heart attack.• Before it could be resolved, Alsop suffered a heart attack.• A postmortem examination revealed she had suffered a heart attack at the time of the accident.• The 36-year-old is believed to have suffered a heart attack in her London flat.• He suffered a heart attack early in the game.• Dilip was so angry I was afraid he might have a heart attack.• In Britain one in ten men under the age of retirement will suffer a heart attack. 