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Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower & Paige Oldfield

Man's symptoms dismissed as anxiety after debilitating chest pain given deadly diagnosis

A man who suffered symptoms dismissed as anxiety for more than a decade was shocked when doctors eventually diagnosed a deadly heart condition.

Tom Roberts, 27, endured heart palpitations for years and was given medication for stress which did little to help.

More than 10 years later he was having a test for an unrated matter when the screen showed a heart anomaly, prompting an urgent referral to a cardiologist.

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