Chest pain can indicate various conditions ranging from life-threatening cardiac emergencies to musculoskeletal issues or digestive problems. Cardiac causes include heart attacks (myocardial infarction), angina, aortic dissection, and pericarditis, while non-cardiac causes include pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, gastroesophageal reflux, panic attacks, and chest wall inflammation or injury. Immediate medical attention is essential for new, unexplained chest pain, especially when accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, nausea, radiation to jaw/arm, or risk factors like age over 40, smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, or family history of heart disease. Emergency evaluation typically includes ECG, blood tests for cardiac enzymes, chest x-ray, and sometimes cardiac stress testing or imaging studies. While many travelers worry about seeking emergency care abroad, major Mexican tourist destinations have modern facilities with international-standard cardiac care, often with cardiologists trained in the US or Europe and English-speaking staff specifically for medical tourists and expatriates.

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