I am 42 Female, with a hx of heart disease of my Dads side. He had 2 MIs before age 50,and his brother died of MI at 48. I started having CP yesterday, feeling like someone is sitting on my chest. Today I woke up still with discomfort in chest, having a bad headache, got clammy earlier,and it feels like its hard to swollow. I also have high cholesterol and started crestor 10mg about a month ago. I  feel really tired and really tired. Worried I may be having signs of a heart attack. What should I do?
Hello Welcome to Chat Doctor. You symptoms like chest heaviness and clamminess in presence of strong family history of premature heart disease, point a suspicion to a cardiac event. Also, you have risk factor of high cholesterol. Headache and swallowing difficulty may not be directly connected to symptoms of cardiac event but can be present as associated symptoms. I recommend you get checked up for the same. You should take an ECG, 2 D Echo and a cardiac enzymes test to see if there is any damage to the heart. IF ECG and 2D Echo show no changes and cardiac enzymes are normal, then you must do a stress test after 4 days when you do not have these symptoms. A stress test can help predict if you got blockages in your heart. Please do the above and revert with the test findings. If all the above tests are normal, you still stand at a higher risk of heart disease than other people, and you must undergo yearly 2D Echo and stress tests to detect heart disease early. Wishing you good healthRegards