It is difficult to distinguish between angina from the chest pains caused by indigestion or gastric. However, there are certain symptoms typical to angina which can help one spot this pain immediately.
The common symptoms of angina are:
a burning sensation
feeling of fullness
feeling of full pressure in the heart
a squeezing pressure on the heart
The chest pain associated with angina seems like a stabbing. This type of chest pain is not seen in other cases.
Another typical symptom of angina is the pain shoots to other body parts like arms, neck, shoulder and even the jaw.
Along with all these symptoms a person experiences dizziness, fatigue, breathing issues and sweats profusely during angina; these symptoms are not found in chest pains which happen due to indigestion.