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What Causes Sharp Chest Pain While On A Pacemaker?
Question: After having a pacemaker for 17 months and no problems,i suddlenly had four sharp pains in about 10 seconds below my pacemaker and nothing else. I was standing in my kitchen,no bending or stooping so what could cause this?
Brief Answer:
My answer as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would like to explain that your pain doesn't seem to be related to any cardiac ischemia issue.
A sharp and well localized chest pain is very likely to be of an extra-cardiac origin.
Several alternative reasons should be sought instead, such as chest wall structures affections (costochondritis, musculoskeletal inflammation, shingles, etc.), pleural inflammation, sometimes even a degenerative backbone disorder could produce such a clinical symptomatology.
In addition, a pulmonary micro-embolism may be the reason of such a sharp pain.
Coming to this point, I would recommend discussing with your attending physician on the opportunity of performing some additional tests, as follows:
- complete blood count,
- PCR & ESR,
- a chest X ray study,
- cardiac ultrasound,
- CPK,
- LDH.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
My answer as follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome on HCM!
Regarding your concern, I would like to explain that your pain doesn't seem to be related to any cardiac ischemia issue.
A sharp and well localized chest pain is very likely to be of an extra-cardiac origin.
Several alternative reasons should be sought instead, such as chest wall structures affections (costochondritis, musculoskeletal inflammation, shingles, etc.), pleural inflammation, sometimes even a degenerative backbone disorder could produce such a clinical symptomatology.
In addition, a pulmonary micro-embolism may be the reason of such a sharp pain.
Coming to this point, I would recommend discussing with your attending physician on the opportunity of performing some additional tests, as follows:
- complete blood count,
- PCR & ESR,
- a chest X ray study,
- cardiac ultrasound,
- CPK,
- LDH.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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