Suggest Treatment For Chest Pain

Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2015

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Question : I am waiting for a Sapienxt Valve replacement. I am having pain in the middle of my chest which goes to underarm lasts for about 4-5 mins. is there any cause for concern

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows :

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would like to say that it is necessary to perform a differential diagnosis of your chest pain, in order to exclude a myocardial ischemic origin of your pain, which is not rarely encountered in valvular disease patients.

So if the chest pain keeps repeating again, disturbing in nature, I recommend you to an ER doctor, for a direct review of the pain character (Is it sharp, well localised or visceral? Is it modulated by respiration or posture or agravated by physical stress? etc.), a resting ECG, cardiac enzymes (CK-MB, troponin I ), chest X ray study and of course a physical examination to exclude that way a possible cardiac ischaemia.

Hope to have been helpful!

Feel free to ask any other questions whenever you need!

Greetings!

Dr. Iliri

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