Heart Disease Warning Signs

Last Updated: Oct. 1, 2003

You should seek care immediately if any of the following symptoms occur:

• Intense, prolonged chest pain (often a feeling of heavy pressure)
• Pain radiating from the chest to the left shoulder and arm, back and even jaw
• Prolonged pain in the upper abdomen
• Shortness of breath
• Fainting
• Nausea, vomiting, intense sweating
• Frequent angina attacks that are not caused by exertion

Source: National Institutes of Health

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