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What Causes Pain In The Middle Of The Chest?
Question: Pain in middle of chest, left arm aches, vision is blurry, and right calf aches.
Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that it is important performing a comprehensive differential diagnosis between different causes that may lead to this symptomatology:
- inflammation
- coronary artery disease
- anxiety, etc.
For this reason I recommend going to the ER for a careful physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes
- a chest x-ray study
- some blood lab tests ( complete blood count, blood electrolytes, PCR, sedimentation rate, kidney and liver function tests).
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I would recommend as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that it is important performing a comprehensive differential diagnosis between different causes that may lead to this symptomatology:
- inflammation
- coronary artery disease
- anxiety, etc.
For this reason I recommend going to the ER for a careful physical exam and some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac enzymes
- a chest x-ray study
- some blood lab tests ( complete blood count, blood electrolytes, PCR, sedimentation rate, kidney and liver function tests).
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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