Are chest pain and headaches caused by arrhythmias?

Question
Hello doctor,
Recently, I often have pain in the middle of my chest and headache when I lie down to rest. I had arrhythmia before, is it worse now? Are chest pain and headaches caused by arrhythmias?
Pham Thi Thuy Hang (1993)
Answer
Answered by Doctor Nguyen Quoc Viet - Interventional Cardiologist - Department of Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Danang International Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “Is chest pain and headache caused by arrhythmia? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Signs of pain in the middle of the chest as you mentioned often have many causes such as coronary artery disease, lung diseases such as pneumonia, neuralgia intercostal space, or gastric pathology. Usually, chest pain has little to do with cardiac arrhythmias. The cause of your headache is also unknown.
Besides, you have not stated what kind of arrhythmia you have. Since there are many types of arrhythmias and many of which do not require treatment at all, there are also conditions that require specialist treatment.
Therefore, you can go directly to hospitals with cardiology specialties so that doctors can examine and guide you to do further investigations to get an accurate diagnosis, thereby having the right treatment plan. you.
If you still have questions about chest pain and headache caused by arrhythmia, you can go to the hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wish you a lot of health.
Best regards!