I was a 21-year-old college student when I woke up one morning with severe chest pain. As far as I knew, I was in great ...

Costochondritis is a common cause of chest pain in the costochondral cartilage surrounding the sternum where the rib cage is made of flexible movable cartilage. When this cartilage becomes ...

While chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart ... caused by inflammation of the cartilage that connects your breastbone (sternum) to your ribs. The pain can closely mimic a heart attack ...

During medical school, I learned the characteristic triad that makes up the most common presentation of coronary artery disease: exercise-induced chest pain that is felt under the breastbone and ...

Inflammation of the cartilage (called costochondritis) that connects the ribs to the breastbone is a common cause of chest pain, as are rib fractures. Rib deformities occur in some babies during ...

exercise-induced chest pain that is felt under the breastbone and relieved promptly by rest. I also learned about denial in illness — the tendency to disregard ominous symptoms. When challenged ...