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Pain/pressure in upper left abdomen, worse when lying down, along with difficulty breathing?

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Rule out: You should have pericarditis ruled out. This will require an echocardiogram. Often a blood sample for sedimentation rate is done as well.

Dr Weisberger agreed

Answered 6/3/2015

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