Still on the mind/body connection, another study has discovered that sudden stress can affect the heart. The research team says that emotional stress - possibly brought on by the sudden death of a loved one - can cause left ventricular dysfunction...
Chest pain can come from a lot of things. Causes of chest pain that need emergency medical care include: Heart attack, injury such as to the chest wall or lung, collapsed lung, or a blood clot that has traveled to a lung (pulmonary embolism).
Ischemic myocardial necrosis usually resulting from abrupt reduction in coronary blood flow to a segment
of myocardium.