How can a cervical rib produce symptoms similar to heart attack?

How can a cervical rib produce symptoms similar to heart attack?

സെർവിക്കൽ റിബിന് എങ്ങനെയാണ് ഹൃദയാഘാതത്തിന് സമാനമായ ലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നത്?

सर्वाइकल रिब (गर्दन में पसली) हार्ट अटैक जैसे लक्षण कैसे पैदा कर सकता है?

Cervical rib is an extra bone in the neck. Usually ribs arise from vertebra of chest only. Cervical rib is an abnormal rib arising from the vertebra of the neck. It can press on nerve roots coming out of the neck from the spinal cord. Spinal cord is part of the nervous system within the vertebral column.
If a nerve root from the same spinal segment which also supplies the heart gets compressed, the pain produced will be similar in location. Nerves are thin fibre like structures which carry our sensations from the body to the brain. Another group of nerves carry signals from the brain to parts of the body.
But the pain due to nerve root compression will have different characteristics from that of pain originating from the heart. Pain due to heart problem is usually produced by exercise. But the pain due to nerve root compression will be brought on by neck movement, coughing, sneezing etc.
Heart attack is damage to a region of heart muscle due to decreased blood supply, usually producing severe chest pain. It can persist more than half an hour and needs urgent medical attention. Cervical rib also needs medical attention, but not so urgently.