What are the first signs of a heart attack?
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Symptoms of a heart attack

Signs and Symptoms of a heart attack are: chest pain that can radiate into the left arm, back and jaw or it is possible to feel like an elephant is sitting on the chest, shortness of breath, sweating, and impending sense of doom. These are the "classic signs".

Women can have other signs like: flu like symptoms, aching in the chest, arms even down to the forearms, pain in the stomach area or back ache.

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