What Does Chest Pain From a Heart Attack Feel Like?
What Does Chest Pain From a Heart Attack Feel Like?
In this clip, Saeed Payvar, M.D. discusses what chest pain from a heart attack can feel like. This board-certified interventional cardiologist practices at West Valley Cardiology Services. Learn more about Dr. Payvar here: https://westvalleycardiology.com/phys…
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0.72 -> - The chest pain that comes with
1.96 -> a heart attack is classically described.
4.543 -> However, what I want my
patients to be aware of
8.797 -> is nobody's supposed to read the textbook
11.7 -> when they're having heart attacks.
12.86 -> So, while I can describe what
is the textbook definition
16.39 -> of a chest pain that is
related to the heart attack,
19.41 -> I don't want the patients to feel,
21.117 -> "Okay, this is not the
way that the textbook
24.517 -> "describes, so it's not a heart attack."
26.47 -> A heart attack can be any discomfort
29.574 -> from the jaw all the way
down to the belly button.
33.03 -> Left or right, doesn't matter,
35.96 -> but the typical textbook
definition of a chest pain related
40.4 -> to the heart attack is a
feeling of pressure in the chest
44.08 -> mostly behind the chest bone
that comes with activity,
49.87 -> but at times could be at rest,
51.867 -> and lasts more than five minutes
55.33 -> and improves with rest or nitroglycerine.
59.058 -> The usual presentation is
associated with the discomfort
65.51 -> radiating to the left arm or the left jaw
68.67 -> and associated with shortness of breath.
71.01 -> There are patients who
may have some nausea
73.555 -> and sweating that's associated with that.
76.205 -> The discomfort doesn't relieve itself
79.48 -> unless it's getting treated,
but that's, as I said,
82.31 -> it's a textbook definition
and not necessarily
84.95 -> what the patient may experience.
87.72 -> I have seen many, many
patients who thought
90.13 -> their discomfort was a little lower,
92.52 -> they thought it was indigestion
and they stayed home
95.63 -> and when we saw him three days later,
97.48 -> the only thing that they
were complaining about now
99.77 -> was shortness of breath
and the reason for that
102.52 -> is their heart has been damaged
104.13 -> now and is not as strong anymore.
106.45 -> So, that's what I'm trying to avoid.
107.94 -> So, while I explained to
you what the definition
110.47 -> and the textbook presentation
of a heart attack is,
113.62 -> I don't expect everybody to
follow the textbook definition.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGqPxaa43hU