Too Many Books

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 8 2
  2. heart9 7 5 2
  3. diamondA 10 8 3
  4. club10 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 7 3
  2. heartA K Q 10
  3. diamondK 6 5 2
  4. club8 2

Contract: 3heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond7
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1diamond 1heart Pass
3heart Pass Pass Pass
I heard that at least one East did overcall 1heart and West, who had no doubt been reading too many books on the Law of Total Tricks, raised pre-emptively to 3heart. East passed hurriedly, no doubt wishing he could bid 2heart instead. This ended the bidding and South led diamond7.

How could East recover some match-points out of this mess?
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