where is your heart located in your chest
, Medical Student. The heart, actually, is located in the center of the chest, behind the sternum (or the breastbone). However, a part of it is slightly offset to the left, as you can figure out from the picture above. For understanding this, I think prerequisite knowledge of the heart's basic anatomy is required.
Your heart, located in the middle of your chest and protected behind your ribs, is one of the most important organs in your body. It can be very worrying if you experience any kind of chest pain because of the fear of having a heart attack. However, not all pains in your chest are caused by cardiac pains.