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    My Chest Hurts, Am I Having a Heart Attack?
    (2010-09-15) McKinney, Zeke
    The only symptom ruling out an immediate heart attack in a non-urgent setting is the presence of chest-wall tenderness. No signs or symptoms of a patient’s chest pain history can definitively identify a diagnosis of an immediate heart attack in the non-urgent care setting, but they should be evaluated carefully.