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Can your heart have spasms?
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Not really: The heart muscle contracts rhythmically, which is how it pumps; you can consider these spasms, i suppose, but a true uncontrolled spasm would be fairly instant death due to loss of blood supply. The coronary arteries can have spasms that will manifest as chest pain, aka prinzmetal angina.
Answered 3/29/2013
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No: You can have spasm of heart arteries (rare).
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