cardiac pain can be referred to the left arm and shoulder area jaw and sub-sternal area. but not the wrist. a clinician would not relate the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome to something related to the heart.
can heart attack symptons mimick carpal tunnel symptons or vice versa? . mother was diagnosed with carpal tunnel and had surgery on her non dominate hand. two weeks later she was dead from a massive heart attack. could the pain in her hand and shoulder been misdiagnosed as carpal tunnel when in reality it was a heart issue?