{"id":999,"date":"2019-10-23T19:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T23:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/whats-causing-that-tightness-in-your-chest\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T00:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:51:18","slug":"whats-causing-that-tightness-in-your-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manhattancardiology.com\/es\/blog\/whats-causing-that-tightness-in-your-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Causing That Tightness In Your Chest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>One of our Cardiologists, <\/em><a href=\"\/es\/team\/ami-beniaminovitz-md\/\"><strong>Amnon Beniaminovitz, MD<\/strong><\/a><em><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>was quoted by Shape on the caused of chest tightness. View the placement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shape.com\/lifestyle\/mind-and-body\/tightness-in-chest-causes-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shape.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He was quoted saying:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tightness in the right side of the chest (and\/or the middle of the chest) can be a sign of a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in one of the arteries that go from the heart to the lungs&#8221;, says Amnon Beniaminovitz, M.D.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the overlap between deadly and benign chest pain, it is often difficult, even for physicians and health care professionals, to distinguish between the two,&#8221; explains Dr. Beniaminovitz. &#8220;It is better to err on the side of caution and be evaluated immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then there are full-on panic attacks, which happen when heightened anxiety leads to &#8220;sudden, disproportional&#8221; increases in stress hormones and activity in the sympathetic nervous system (aka the fight-or-flight part of the nervous system), explains Dr. Beniaminovitz. &#8220;When people are having a heart attack, the same stress hormones and sympathetic nervous system get activated,\u201d he says, meaning the symptoms between the two overlap a lot: chest pain, breathing difficulties, a racing heart, general weakness, faintness, dizziness, tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers, a sense of terror or impending doom, chills, and cold sweat.<\/p>\n<p>The good news: Anxiety\u2014and the panic attacks that might happen as a result of the condition\u2014can be treated with therapy and\/or medication. But if you&#8217;re even the slightest bit unsure about whether you&#8217;re experiencing a panic attack or something more serious, it&#8217;s always better to err on the side of caution, says Dr. Beniaminovitz.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Cardiologists, Amnon Beniaminovitz, MD,\u00a0was quoted by Shape on the caused of chest tightness. 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