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What Causes Shallow Chest Pain?

What could be the cause of shallow chest pains? I have pains on my left side seemingly in the surface chest muscle. It has been going on off & on & recently has been getting worse. Any ideas?
Height: 5' 11' about 130 lbs., 59 years old. Never smoked.
Fri, 30 Dec 2016
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Although not the only cause of chest pain, these heart problems are common causes: Coronary Artery Disease, or CAD. A blockage in the heart blood vessels that reduces blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle itself. This can cause pain known as angina.
AS the pain is involving the left side of chest it can be a pain of cardiac origin .
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Esophageal hypersensitivity. Peptic ulcers and severe anxiety can also mimic the symptoms
however some base line tests like
Tread mill test 2d echo and lipid profile are adviced to rule out the cardiac cause of pain.
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What Causes Shallow Chest Pain?

Hi Although not the only cause of chest pain, these heart problems are common causes: Coronary Artery Disease, or CAD. A blockage in the heart blood vessels that reduces blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle itself. This can cause pain known as angina. AS the pain is involving the left side of chest it can be a pain of cardiac origin . Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Esophageal hypersensitivity. Peptic ulcers and severe anxiety can also mimic the symptoms however some base line tests like Tread mill test 2d echo and lipid profile are adviced to rule out the cardiac cause of pain.