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Pain radiates most often to the left arm, but may also radiate to the lower jaw, neck, right arm, back, and upper abdomen. [28] [29] The pain most suggestive of an acute MI, with the highest likelihood ratio, is pain radiating to the right arm and shoulder. [30] [29] Similarly, chest pain similar to a previous heart attack is also suggestive. [31]
Dr. Jean adds that other heart attack symptoms include pain in the shoulder, arm, neck, jaw, back and stomach. "People may also experience nausea or vomiting, heartburn, dizziness, sweating ...
While chest pain isn't the only heart attack sign, it's known as a common symptom for a reason. John Longoria was 64, attended annual physicals and didn't have any known risk factors when he had ...
A heart attack is caused by a lack of oxygen-rich blood flow to the heart’s muscle tissue. When any tissue in our body lacks oxygen, it begins to die. Heart tissue that has died can no longer ...
Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain. [1]It is named for Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), an influential American cardiologist, who first observed that many patients with chest pain made this same sign to describe their symptoms.
Referred pain, also called reflective pain, [1] is pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus.An example is the case of angina pectoris brought on by a myocardial infarction (heart attack), where pain is often felt in the left side of neck, left shoulder, and back rather than in the thorax (chest), the site of the injury.
“The heart sits right on top of the esophagus in the stomach, so sometimes heartburn can feel like a heart attack, and a heart attack can feel like heartburn,” says Dr. Michos.
All of these are either a direct result of an end-organ like the heart or the brain not getting enough perfusion—so think chest pain and dizziness. Or from the sympathetic response from the body to help the heart work harder and preserve blood pressure—so think sweating and clammy skin.