Is it possible to have heart attack when scared?
Patient: is it possible to have suffered a heart attack after being scared?  I walked into a dark room during the night and a family member screamed as I turned on the light, scared me so badly I've had a feeling on constriction thruout my chest and arm ever since. Should I be concerned?  I am a female, 48 yrs old, no other heart problems Doctor: hia feeling of heaviness and constriction  through out chest can be a  stable angina (not heart attack) or it can be because of panic attack alsoa thorough history is neededlike do yopu have family h/o of cardiac ailmentshow long did the chest heaviness lasteddid you ever felt any  pain or heaviness in chest on walking which got relieved on resting i would suggest you to go for a ecg test which is a basic testmost likely  the episode was because of panic but yet we have to rule out cardiac diseaseif you are a smoker it has to be ruled out at the earliestthanks