Danielle Forbes shares her story of surviving an unexpected heart attack at age 35.

The Yonkers woman considered herself a fairly healthy and active person. She works as a researcher and says she has no history of heart disease.

Last November, I started feeling chest pain while watching TV. At first, she thought it was just heartburn and that her pain would go away. However, she did not get better even after several hours; instead, her pain got worse.

At that point, Forbes said, he decided to take a train to Manhattan and have his pain evaluated at a hospital.

There she discovered that she had heart failure and was suffering from what doctors called a MINOCA heart attack.

Forbes said her heart attack was caused by an undetected heart disease, which she called a spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Doctors said the type of heart attack she suffered was different from a standard heart attack.

They explained to her that MINOCA heart attacks are more common in young women and African American and Hispanic patients.

Forbes magazine said that if she had not taken action, the consequences could have been catastrophic and possibly fatal.

She offered this advice to help others and potentially save lives.

“If you have any chest pain, know that you need to go to the ER because it could be heart related,” Forbes said. “Don’t just ignore it or think, ‘Oh, the pain’s gone,’ go and get it checked out.”