 [ Symptoms ] it is possible for a pinched nerve in the shoulder to have symptoms similar to a heart attack  i went to the er with what i thought was a heart attack chest pain and numbness in the left arm after two days of tests i was told by a cardiologist and a neuologist that i had a pinched nerve in my neck i cannot find any relationship for the two is this diagnosis correct i have since switched cardiologist i go every six months for a check up and annually for a nuclear stress test so far all is good [ Disease ] most helpful answer i am glad to hear all is good and i hope i can help set your mind at ease a pinched nerve in the neck can send pain radiating down the shoulder and arm    and even into the chest area which could indeed feel like the symptoms of a heart attack presumably you received an x ray or mri scan of your neck this is usually how a pinched nerve in the neck is diagnosed pinched nerves in the neck are often caused by compression of a disk in the spinal column of the neck this compression puts pressure on the nerve which in turn causes the pain you are right that there is no relationship between a pinched nerve in the neck and a heart problem it is just that the pinched nerve caused you to have pain that was similar to what a person feels when they have a heart attack hope this helps i had a similar case but mine was from the t 11 the nerve bundle that comes from the t 11 wraps around the chest and will give pain signs of a heart attack i had to gone to many dr is and finally a student sitting in they had just done the study of the t 11 told the dr what he thought it was i ended up having a bone spur after they cut it out i was fine i would think this is where the problem was and not the neck the t 11 is in the upper mid back just below the shoulder blades on a side note they found an aortic aneurysm that needed to be fixed said i had about 2 years or less