Heart

[GeorgeWF]

Occassionally my chest feels like it is pushing in for a second.

It scares me because it feels like someone punched me.

I am on high blood pressue medicine and it is under control.

What does it mean or what coudl it be I don't have any shortness of breath
or any chest pain.

[undianosed111]

The above question was to the CCF  doctor

[undianosed111]

Doctor since they asked twice can I ask you in place?   A while back you or whoever was answering questions here then said maybe I should get a chest CT for my atypical chest pain in light of a normal stress test.    My chest pain is upper central,  and sometimes throbbing with every heartbeat.   I think you were worried about my aorta,  and I also wonder if something else discreet within the structures of my heart could be missed by the CTX.     My question is,  what type of scan protocol should I request.   Just a regular chest CT,  with or just without contrast?   Would doing a CTA be important or can I just get a regular CT to chest the thoracic aorta and while they're at it, to check the other structures in my chest?

[Cleveland Clinic]

See answer to same question given above.