Sometimes patients experience a fullness sensation of the chest instead of outright pain. One study found that women are more likely to describe the feelings that they were experiencing as fullness or achiness instead of pain. Fullness sensation of the chest doesn’t sound like the stereotypical image you see of the heart attack patient clutching his or her chest, but it doesn’t make this symptom any less serious. The pain doesn’t have to be the rapid-onset crippling agony you might be used to seeing in the movies to indicate that you need to seek medical attention.Next
