Chest pains, but BP and HR fine

[myboysrock000]

Finally went to ER with these annoying chest pains and chest pressure, worse when lying down. My BP and HR were all fine-- I thought they would try to tell me I was an anxious female, but actually my HR stayed 58-78 the whole time I lay on the cart. The EKG was normal. I recently had an epidose of SVT and wore a monitor which I guess caught another SVT (not talked to a cardio yet). I was told I had MVP during a pregnancy 8 years ago. Never was told to follow-up on it. The ER doc said he scheduled a sooner appt to get a stress ECHO done and they sent me home.

Still having chest pains, increase after a little exertion and annoying most when I first lay down.  The ER doc said it was "possible" I still had MVP, maybe a "stretched atrium" is causing the pain. And if it is stretched, it can cause SVT. The pains are annoying....not knowing is excruciating!

Any thoughts/comments? Anything I should ask at the next appt with the cardio following the ECHO?

[kenkeith]

An atrium that has enlarged can impede electrical impulses with some distortion and interruption of the electrical pathway that the impulses follow to contract heart chambers.

An echo will view the valves for any problems.  It will measure the ability of your heart to adequately pump blood into circulation, and chamber sizes.  The stress echo will record the perfusion of blood through the vessels and usually recognizes any blockage...a cause of chest pain (angina). The test should help getting to the underlying problem.