As people get older and have heart problems, they're more likely to feel shortness of breath instead of chest pain — and the older they get, the more this shift happens.

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Clinical manifestations of acute myocardial infarction in older patients.

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2001 Nov-Dec

The study shows that older people having heart attacks are more likely to feel shortness of breath instead of chest pain, and that chest pain tends to be milder — just like the claim says.

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Clinical manifestations of acute myocardial infarction in older patients.

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DOI: 10.1111/J.1076-7460.2001.00641.X

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Older people having heart attacks often don’t feel the usual chest pain—instead, they might feel confused, weak, short of breath, or more tired than normal, which can make it harder for doctors to spot the problem quickly.

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