Hi @juliar19, I moved your recent posts into the original discussion your started and have added it to the Heart Rhythm Conditions support group (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/heart-rhythm-conditions/)

I did this so you can continue to connect with members in both groups and so that members can see your full story.

Hello @juliar19 - this may be helpful to you. For a number of years I had stabbing pains in my chest. There was not a large area of my chest that was painful. The pains were like flashes of lightening along a line. They never occurred during exercise - so I never bothered to get them checked out. A few years ago, after I had been having them for some time, a doctor told me I had a heart mumur (I'd gone in for carpal tunnel syndrome). I had an echocardiagram and the results were a leaky mitral valve with severe regurgitation (blood flows back into the heart). Before this one doctor heard the murmur, no one ever mentioned hearing it. The cardiologist told me my condition developed gradually over time. I elected to have my mitral valve repaired before I went into congestive hear failure. I hope this helps you out. You are smarter than I was, getting it checked out now. Take care.