On Sunday my mom started getting some
sharp pains in her chest. After a little
while they moved down into her left armpit
area and a little bit further down her
arm. She has been on medication for high
blood pressure for a while now.
It persisted in the chest and arm so she
saw a doctor today and he gave her an ECG
and blood test. The ECG pointed to a mild
heart attack but her doctor doesn't
believe this is the cause so is waiting
for the blood test results tomorrow.
Does anyone have an idea of what could
cause these symptoms other than a mild
heart attack?
There are 3 main criteria for heart
attack:
1. typical symptoms - severe chest pain
that irradiates to the left arm;
2. typical ECG-features - elevated
ST-segment, and
3. blood laboratory: elevated CP-MB and
troponin;
Myocarditis can also have similar
symptoms, ECG-founding and laboratory
results but there are still certain
differences.
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