Chest Pain Summary Having a pain in your chest can be scary. It does not always mean that you are having a heart attack. There can be many other causes, including Other heart problems, such as angina Panic attacks Digestive problems, such as heartburn or esophagus disorders Sore muscles Lung diseases, such as pneumonia, pleurisy, or pulmonary embolism Costochondritis – an inflammation of joints in your chest Some of these problems can be serious. Get immediate medical care if you have chest pain that does not go away, crushing pain or pressure in the chest, or chest pain along with nausea, sweating, dizziness or shortness of breath. Treatment depends on the cause of the pain. Specifics Angina National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Costochondritis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Non-Cardiac Chest Pain American College of Gastroenterology Pericarditis National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Pleurisy Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Array Chest pain Start Here Chest Pain Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Chest Pain (Beyond the Basics) UpToDate Health Check Tools Chest Pain DSHI Systems Children Chest Pain in Infants and Children American Academy of Family Physicians Costochondritis (For Parents) Nemours Foundation Diagnosis and Tests Chest Pain, Acute American Academy of Family Physicians Chest Pain, Chronic American Academy of Family Physicians Heartburn or Chest Pain: When Is It Heart Attack? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Stress Tests for Chest Pain: When You Need an Imaging Test — and When You Don’t ABIM Foundation Treatments and Therapies Chest Pain: First Aid Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Chest Pain National Institutes of Health Encyclopedia Coronary angiography Costochondritis CPK isoenzymes test Creatine phosphokinase test Teenagers Costochondritis (For Teens) Nemours Foundation Find an Expert NIH Pain Consortium NIH Pain Consortium Journal Articles Chest Pain
