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Research presented at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2022 included study of 4,726 patients aged 18 years and older admitted with NSTEMI between October 2010 and September 2019.
Chest pain is the hallmark presentation of myocardial infarction but other complaints such as shortness of breath, upper abdominal or neck pain, or transient loss of consciousness (blackouts) may be the reason to attend the emergency department.
Just 76% of heart attack patients with dyspnoea or fatigue as their main symptom are alive at one year compared to 94% of those with chest pain as the predominant feature.