Suggest Treatment For Left-sided Chest Pain Despite A Normal Ultrasound Report Of The Aorta

Posted on Sat, 21 Jul 2018

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Question : Hello I'm 66 year old and chest pain on my left side, I had a ultrasound for my aorta it was normal but I still have pain, all thing time. I have ekg also

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (16 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

I would like to have some more information on your chest pain:

- Is it triggered by deep breathing or body movements?
- Is is triggered by manual pressure on the chest?
- Is it related to eating?
- Is it triggered by straining physical activity?

If your chest pain is triggered by deep breathing, pressure on the chest or body movement it could be indicative of musculo-skeletal pain (inflammation or chostochondritis).

Anyway, considering your age, I would recommend performing an exercise cardiac stress test just to investigate for possible coronary artery disease.

Hope to have been helpful!

I remain at your disposal for any further questions whenever you need!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar