Non-cardiac chest pain

Sufferers of non-cardiac chest pain complain of heart attack-like symptoms -- severe chest pain radiating down the arms.

1. This pain is a mystery. It mimics symptoms of reflux or spastic contraction of the oesophagus without being this. It does not seem connected with an abnormality in the oesophagus but resulting from a dysfunction in the brain's processing of the signals from the oesophagus.

1. Ill-defined health conditions
2. Chest pain

1. Mitral valve diseases
2. Diseases of unknown aetiology

1. Angina pectoris