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A 32-year-old member asked:

Besides your heart, what can cause chest pain that radiates up the neck, shoulder blade and left arm?

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Dr. James Chapman
Dr. James Chapmananswered
Cardiology 43 years experience
GI tract: The way the brain receives pain signals from the heart may be virtually identical to the way it receives pain signals from the esophagus, stomach, or gall bladder in some people.
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Dr. Tariq Niazi commented
Orthopedic Surgery 45 years experience
Also a spinal lesion can cause pain radiating to the chest wall.
Nov 30, 2014

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