“I love skiing, but was getting severe chest pains and couldn’t breathe properly. I realised something was wrong when the pain didn’t go away”

A man experienced left sided chest pain and undue shortness of breath while skiing. He continued to have exercise related chest pain. On his return to London, he presented to the Urgent Care Centre where he had an electrocardiogram, full blood tests and a chest x-ray. He was referred to a cardiologist who later diagnosed angina pectoris and a subsequent coronary angiograph demonstrated that he had a narrowing of one of the coronary arteries. The patient was transferred to another HCA hospital where he received a stent in the artery to compensate for the narrowing. He was discharged and has been able to continue his normal activities.