Doctors Report on Heart Attacks in Kids

October 1, 2007 By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Beth Meter is a cardiac nurse who has seen plenty of heart attacks, so when her son complained of sudden crushing chest pain that spread to his arm, she was certain he was having one.

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