On three separate occasions I had ear and chest pain so bad it was almost unbearable, the first time it happened I was at the grocery store with my husband it was so bad I had to sit down, the second time I was in a deep sleep and the pain woke me, the third time was today while I was washing dishes, each time it last for a few minutes and then I'm fine. I am a 49 year old woman. My good cholesterol is very low but my bad cholesterol is normal, I have a history of PVC but nothing recent. My father died from a heart attack in his middle 50's also my maternal grandmother died from heart failure. I have a female cousin who passed away in her middle 40's from a heat attack her father passed away in his 30's from a heart attack but I'm only using them as an example you don't have to be old to have one. I did have a stress test done about 5 years ago but it was normal