<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.is it possible to have suffered a heart attack after being scared? I walked into a dark room during the night and a family member screamed as I turned on the light, scared me so badly Ive had a feeling on constriction thruout my chest and arm ever since. Should I be concerned? I am a female, 48 yrs old, no other heart problems  <response>: Hia feeling of heaviness and constriction throughout chest can be a stable angina not heart attack or it can be because of panic attack also thorough history is neededlike do you have family ho of cardiac ailment show long did the chest heaviness lasted did you ever felt any pain or heaviness in chest on walking which got relieved on resting I would suggest you to go for an ECG test which is a basic test most likely the episode was because of panic but yet we have to rule out cardiac disease if you are a smoker it has to be ruled out at the earliest thanks 