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Tightness in left chest through back with dull pain down left shoulder and arm off and on for 5 year.?
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Please get evaluated: As this may represent something serious...A cardiac ct may help establish or rule out potentially significant causes.
Answered 10/15/2012
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Rule out MI: You need to go to a physician for a chest pain workup. Rule out the most serious possibilities, like coronary artery occlusion and work your way down. Could be muscle or indigestion.
Answered 8/24/2017
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