When someone presents in the ER with chest pain, it seems that each patient has a little different way of describing it.  Some examples are, “pressure in my chest” , “left side chest pain“, “right side chest pain“, “a squeezing sensation in my chest”, “chest and arm pain”, “pain radiating from my chest”, “chest wall pain”, “neck and chest pain”, “chest pain and cough”,”muscle pain”, and the list goes on and on.  The trick is for the doctors and nurses to take any description of symptoms and come up with the correct diagnosis.  We are fortunate that the science of cardiology is so far advanced as to take the guess work out of the diagnosis and treatment of a heart attack.

This information is not intended to replace the advice of a doctor.