I had to go to the emergencyroom for chestpain last friday. my B.P. was 153/105 pulse 118. thy did a E.K.G. & started a I-V. line gave me 4 chewable asprin then gave me a Nitro pill under my tongue. that nitro pill completely took away my chest pain & thy gave me a lorazepam 0.5mg to gt my heartrate down. Thy drew blood & said my D-Dimer was double wht it shld be & gave me a cat scan wth dye to make sure I didnt have a blood clot. I didnt thy discharged me tht day & told me to follow up wth my dr. the next morning my legs that hv had severe edema and swelling for the last 7months was almost gone I can see my ankles. the swelling tht has been in my stomach fr the last 7months more so on the upper right has not gone away tho. Fri whn thy discharged me I felt alot better saturday too. but sun I started feeling weak short of breath, chest pain more left sided going half way dwn my left arm and exhaustion. nausia. This got really bad evryday fr almost 2weeks b4 I went into the hospital. well its only been since fri. its now tues and im gttng bad again. Im 38 yrs old female. Im not understanding how the nitro made me feel better if I dont hv a heart problem. can you tell me ? ty stephanie