Chest pain is usually associated with ischemic heart disease such as a heart attack or angina. However chest pain may occur as a symptom of kidney disease. Chest pain occurring due to renal failure implies an inflammation of the tissues around the heart known as pericarditis. Pericarditis under these circumstances is quite dangerous as the inflammation of the lining of the heart that occurs results in fluid building up around the heart and compressing it preventing normal function. This can be a fatal complication, drainage of the fluid usually results in recollection of the fluid quickly. The best treatment if this is suspected is urgent dialysis. Frequently the patient will need three sessions of dialysis in rapid sequence to gain control of the situation and resolve the chest pain.
