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Brief center of chest pressure/jolt sometimes when running. comes out of the blue. disappears quickly. could it be from brief lack of o2 from a pvc?

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Dr. Calvin Weisberger answered

Pain: multiple possibilities, PVC is one of them

Answered 1/21/2016

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