If you have chest pain on the left side, your first thought may be that you’re having a heart attack. While chest pain can be a symptom of heart problems, that’s not always the case.

A condition called costochondritis, which causes pain around the breastbone and rib cage, could be to blame. It is caused by inflammation in the cartilage that connects your ribs and sternum ...

Costochondritis is a condition caused by inflammation of the cartilage that connects your breastbone (sternum) to your ribs. The pain can closely mimic a heart attack or other cardiac problems ...

S-shaped bone between your sternum (breastbone) and scapula (shoulder blade). You have two collarbones—one on each side of ...

They also include the sternum and the thoracic vertebrae ... that connects the ribs to the breastbone is a common cause of chest pain, as are rib fractures. Rib deformities occur in some babies ...

OBJECTIVE: Fractured ribs and sternum are frequent complications of thoracic compression during CPR in adults. This study was conducted to determine whether findings of plain chest radiography ...