First, patients with atypical chest pain are still at significant risk for cardiac disease, and atypical pain alone cannot be used to exclude this diagnosis. Second, patients with typical symptoms, ...

“Coronary chest pain can present in many different ways… we call them typical or atypical.” A typical case can include a central heavy, pressured chest pain that’s brought on by exertion ...

A 63-year-old man with a history of schizophrenia and 100 pack-years of cigarette smoking presented with atypical chest pain and progressive painful swelling of his left leg. The leg swelling had ...

Over the period July 1999 to June 2002, 20,881 patients were admitted to the hospital with ACSs, of whom 1,763 (8.4%) presented with atypical symptoms. The dominant presenting symptoms in these ...

February 21, 2012 (Lakeland, Florida) — Women under 55 having an MI are more likely to present without chest pain than older women or men, and they also have the highest risk of death from MI of ...

Heart attacks can be sudden, but often, there are warning signs that occur hours, days or even years before. However, these ...

Though chest pain is the symptom most commonly associated with cardiovascular issues, there are a range of atypical symptoms that may indicate something is wrong with the heart. High blood ...

In many cases, chest pain may not even feel like it's coming from the heart. "A lot of people suffer from what we call atypical chest pain.