What causes severe pain in the chest?
Patient: Hello My name is ebony and I m 21 years old . For the past months or so I have been having really bad chest pains ; as if someone is stepping on my chest with a boot on . My heart has irregular beats , one minute it s beating fast next minute it s so slow I can feel it like it s about to stop any minute ; times it feels like my back has sharp needles in it and I can t move ; I ve been to the hospital plenty of times my EKG is different everytime but yet they don t know what s wrong . I m very scared for my life . help please . Doctor: Thanks for your question on HCM.In my opinion you should get done holter monitoring. Holter monitoring is continuous recording of ECG through out the day (24hours recording). So that exact events ee can see. You may have arrhythmia.  And holter monitoring is the best tool for evaluation of it.If this is normal than you should go for coronary angiography to rule out coronary artery disease. So better to consult cardiologist and discuss all these.