The British Heart Foundation says one person is having a heart attack every three minutes.
The charity said numbers are 35% higher than estimates have suggested, with around 175,000 heart attacks thought to take place each year.
The figures translate to one person having a heart attack every three minutes, the charity said.
Its chief executive, Simon Gillespie, said their analysis was "a stark reminder" of the work that needs to be done around awareness, research and prevention.
"We now know there are 50,000 more heart attacks happening across the UK than previously thought.
"The revised figure is a stark reminder of the vital work still needed if we're to stop people from suddenly losing a parent, grandparent, partner or sibling to a heart attack.
"The world class research we're funding is helping improve diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks, and we're working to prevent them from happening in the first place. With the support of the public we want to increase our investment in this research, which will yield life-saving medical advances."
Comment: That kind of research has been in the works for quite some time now and it is common knowledge in some circles. In fact, current guidelines look like barbaric recommendations worthy of a medical museum. About everybody who follows them end up with cardiovascular disease, that has been the trend during the last decades and expecting something different is the very definition of insanity.
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