Many men experience pain in the left arm, while women experience the same pain in either or both arms. Some women have also said that they experienced an unusual elbow pain before having a heart attack. This happens because the pain from your heart travels to your spinal cord where many nerves of your body are connected and your brain gets confused and thinks that your arm is in actual pain when that’s not the case.

2. Coughing that won’t quit

Coughing may be derived from various issues and it can also be a sign of cardiovascular disease. Persistent coughing that produces a pinkish liquid that contains blood is very common with heart failure. However, coughing is a sub-symptom of a much more serious symptom, which is dyspnea and sudden loss of breath.