Does coronary heart disease cause panic attacks?

Patients with coronary artery disease may experience panic attacks. Common symptoms of coronary artery disease include chest pain, chest tightness, a sense of dying, and shortness of breath, which can lead to complications such as heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardiogenic shock. When coronary artery disease is complicated by arrhythmia, atrial premature beats, ventricular premature beats, and other rapid-onset arrhythmias may cause panic attacks, chest tightness, and other uncomfortable symptoms. Coronary heart disease is a more serious disease, poor control may lead to myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease sudden death, so once diagnosed need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use aspirin, atorvastatin and other medications, daily active control of blood glucose and blood pressure, low-salt and low-fat diet, quit smoking and drinking, appropriate exercise, regular review indicators. If patients with coronary artery disease experience frequent panic attacks and other discomforts, it is recommended that they consult a doctor to clarify the cause.