However, some people with acute pericarditis describe their chest pain as dull, achy or pressure-like instead, and of varying intensity.

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If you have acute pericarditis, the most common symptom is sharp, stabbing chest pain behind the breastbone or in the left side of your chest.

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This is a medicine to prevent heart attacks and strokes in patients who suffer acute coronary syndrome, the condition that occurs after a heart attack or serious heart-related chest pain.

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