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[[File:Chest_pain_areas.svg|thumb|Typical chest pain is retrosternal. Pain may radiate to the arms, jaw, and / or back.]] | |||
Patients often describe angina pectoris as pressure, tightness, or heaviness located centrally in the chest, and sometimes as strangling, constricting, or burning. The pain often radiates elsewhere in the upper body, mainly arms, jaw and/or back. <Cite>REFNAME3</Cite> Some patients only complain about abdominal pain so the presentation can be aspecific. <Cite>REFNAME4</Cite>, <Cite>REFNAME5</Cite> | Patients often describe angina pectoris as pressure, tightness, or heaviness located centrally in the chest, and sometimes as strangling, constricting, or burning. The pain often radiates elsewhere in the upper body, mainly arms, jaw and/or back. <Cite>REFNAME3</Cite> Some patients only complain about abdominal pain so the presentation can be aspecific. <Cite>REFNAME4</Cite>, <Cite>REFNAME5</Cite> | ||