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Call 911 or go to the hospital right away if you experience left arm pain and other signs of a heart attack, such as chest pain or shortness of breath. You should also get emergency medical care ...
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. [ 1 ] The most common symptom is retrosternal chest pain or discomfort that classically radiates to the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. [ 1 ]
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart muscle is unable to function properly or dies. [ 1 ] The most common symptom is centrally located pressure-like chest pain, often radiating to the left shoulder [ 2 ] or angle of the jaw, and ...
Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart. [ 8 ] Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp chest pain, which may also be felt in the shoulders, neck, or back. [ 1 ] The pain is typically less severe when sitting up and more severe when lying down or breathing deeply. [ 1 ]
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), [13] is a type of heart disease involving the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart. [5] [6] [14] It is the most common of the cardiovascular diseases. [15]
Pericarditis refers to inflammation of the thin sac surrounding the heart. The most common symptom is sharp chest pain, which is felt in the middle or left side of the chest or sometimes in the ...
Coronary ischemia. Coronary ischemia, myocardial ischemia, [ 1 ] or cardiac ischemia, [ 2 ] is a medical term for abnormally reduced blood flow in the coronary circulation through the coronary arteries. [ 3 ] Coronary ischemia is linked to heart disease, and heart attacks. [ 4 ] Coronary arteries deliver oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. [ 5 ]
Pain wasn’t uncommon among the heart attack survivors. At two months after their heart attack, 65% reported some pain. That number had fallen at about a year, when about 45% of the patients ...