To my knowledge, he received an EKG, they did blood work and should have done a chest xray as a matter of routine. He had tests scheduled for the week after he died, but the first test they scheduled him for was an upper GI series, then a stress test 2 days later. By the way, the coroner told me that in the 20 minutes I had that night to try to help Jerry, there was nothing I could have done and even if I had given him or encouraged him to take the nitroglycerin, it was too late to help him, if it would have helped in the beginning even at all. The chest pain of esophageal reflux and heart attack, even cholecytitis, is often very similar, thus along with the heart work up, it is necessary to investigate other possibilities. I hope this information is useful.
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