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Does Gastric Trouble Lead To Heart Attack?
sir my dad had gas trouble and got some pain near the chest i just want to know whether gastric trouble leads to heart attack.and he checked his condition near a doctor that to a cardiologist and the doctor had tested him i.e. ecg blood test and sugar test everthing is negative
Mon, 18 Jul 2016
Hello if your father is diabetic?? What is age ?? Smoker?? Obesity?? Gastric symptoms many times present as heart attack. ...these are not classical symptoms.. But if have these symptoms.. And risk factor I mentioned earlier.... Don't neglect... Just do ecg... Which rightly done by you...u can go ahead with TMT and echo....once sure...these are not related with heart then can treat separately gastric symptoms... Need not to panic every time ...take care
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