Throat pain

[BlueKiwi]

Hallo and greetings, my first post here. I have a myocardial bridge, which mimics angina by constricting the artery when walking in the park or similar. This "angina" pain always starts with a pain low down in the throat, which then spreads to the chest. In the two years it took to finally diagnose a bridge rather than angina, this throat pain was always ignored.

The severity of this throat pain is directly proportional to the severity of the chest pain that follows.

I understand that this throat pain can be a symptom of atrial fibrillation? Is there any known connection between AF and restricted blood to the heart due to either angina or a myocardial bridge? I would be very interested in any comments that could be used when speaking to the cardiologist next.

Many thanks

[Buffafly]

First, what is a myocardial bridge? I have the throat pain with AF but mine tends to spread upwards through my ear and even into my mouth which feels very odd. The only time I had chest pain with AF the subsequent angiogram didn’t show a clot but a coronary artery spasm was diagnosed as the culprit.

[BlueKiwi in reply to Buffafly]

Thanks. A myocardial bridge is when part of the heart muscle bridges over the coronary artery instead of all of the muscle going under; the result being that as the heart beats harder it squeezes the artery and reduces the blood flow, thus causing pain in the heart muscle that mimics angina. The part I don't understand, and which no doctor has commented on, is why I get a pain in the throat first. A search found that it happens with AF sufferers, but I have found little further. Hence my question here.