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Hoping you can tell me, is panic attack similar to a heart attack?
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No: The symptoms can sometimes be similar, but a panic attack is an anxiety disorder while a heart attack is due to injury of the heart muscle from compromised blood flow to the heart muscle due to blockage in a coronary artery.
Answered 5/12/2016
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Be examined: Ekg troponins lab test are means to demonstrate heart damage, attack. Panic is scary but no heart damage.
Answered 12/10/2013
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