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Awful heartburn.left arm pain with whole arm tingling. arm prob lasted about 5 minutes. was 3 days ago. could this have been a heart attack?

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Dr. Harinder Gill answered

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L arm pain: Given the background, history, age/gender likely the isolated event was GI etiology though I'd suggest an ECG and cardiovascular risk assessment driven further evaluation

Answered 11/12/2015

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A member asked:

Awful heartburn.left arm pain with whole arm tingling. arm prob lasted about 5 minutes. was 3 days ago. could this have been a heart attack?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Harinder Gill answered

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