In the evaluation of this pain, it is reassuring to know that it is unrelated to physical activity. It s also important to assess your risk factor profile for coronary artery disease. Things like family history, smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes would place you at higher risk of developing coronary artery disease and associated angina. It might be helpful to discuss these symptoms with your doctor and decide whether it would be prudent to perform a treadmill stress test. This test would help significantly in sorting out the source of this pain, and will likely serve to reassure you.
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