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Chest pain when walking up an incline

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margaret92262
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Hi, new to this forum. I am 72 year old female, slightly overweight, having breathing difficulties and chest pains the minute I begin to walk up an incline. I can walk a good kilometer or so on flat ground, about 50m on an incline, then gasping for breath, chest pain sometimes into the top of my arms, rapid heart beat and just have to sit down. Settles down after about 5 minutes and I can walk another 50m. This started about 8 years ago, getting worse. I have had every test imaginable, no diagnosis. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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