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Patients often feel as though they are having a heart attack. Specific symptoms may include:
- Sudden and severe "tearing" or "crushing" pain between the shoulder blades or behind the sternum
- Inability to find a comfortable position
- Extremely high blood pressure
- Loss of consciousness
- Shortness of breath
- Weakness
- Stroke
- Sense of doom (extreme anxiety)
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