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Which else besides a heart attack could cause chest discomfort?

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Chest pain: Pleuritis, pericarditis, air trapping in copd, gerd, pulmonary embolism, musculosketal pain like muscle pull, costochondritis etc.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/14/2016

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