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Question:

Can a bridge around your heart cause pain?

Can a bridge around your heart cause pain in left side of chest, down left arm and shoulder blade? Cause passing out??

submitted by Merrie from Harrison, Ohio on 10/27/09

Answer:

by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Patrick J. Cook, MD

I'm not sure what you mean by "bridge around the heart", but if you mean a myocardial bridge...yes, it can, but does not do so very often.

See also on this site: 

• Can a myocardial bridge cause cardiac symptoms?
• Heart Information Center

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