get vs have a heart attack

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The majority of people will say "to have a heart attack". Why do some people say "to get a heart attack"? Would there be any difference?
 

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I have never heard anyone say "to get a heart attack". Where have you heard that?
 

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"That's why we need to develop this so-called' risk factor package " so we could better predict who might get a heart attack."

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"Yet, she says, " I was always working so that my husband wouldn't get a heart attack."


These are examples from COCAE.
 

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I'm very surprised and would consider them incorrect.
 
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