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Can Anxiety Cause Chest Pain?

Anxiety is an overwhelming worry or fear. Besides its mental and emotional effects, anxiety can also cause physical symptoms, including chest pain. Anxiety causes about 30-40% of emergency department ...
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Anxiety drives most low-risk chest pain cases in emergency departments

Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80% of these cases are considered low-risk and not ...
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Anxiety treatment improves outcomes for low-risk chest pain patients

Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80 percent of these cases are considered low-risk and ...
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Psychological comorbidity in patients presenting to the emergency department with low-risk chest pain and anxiety

INDIANAPOLIS -- Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors. However, 80 percent of these cases are ...
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Experts Say It’s Difficult for a Person to Tell If They’re Having Chest Pain From Anxiety or a Heart Attack

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." People with anxiety will sometimes talk about having chest pains during a particularly stressful ...