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Heart Attack
Symptoms
• Squeezing, heavy chest
pain behind breastbone,
especially with:
n Exercise or exertion
n Emotional stress
n Cold weather
n A large meal
n Quick onset
• Pain in shoulder, arm,
or jaw
• Shortness of breath
• Sweating, clammy skin
• Nausea
• Weakness
• Loss of consciousness
• Anxiety, especially
feeling a sense of doom
or panic without
apparent reason
Other symptoms
Usually more common in
women:
• Stomach pain
• Back pain
• Confusion
• Fainting
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Health Central,
Mayo Clinic
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