Chest pain is not a symptom you should ever ignore, for obvious reasons. Chest pain, as almost anyone knows, may indicate a cardiac problem. For this reason alone, if you have chest pain you should be evaluated by a doctor.
Definition of cardiac muscle. : the principal involuntary-muscle tissue of the vertebrate heart made up of striated fibers joined at usually branched ends and functioning in synchronized rhythmic contraction.
Cardiac Muscle Tissue. Cardiac muscle tissue is found only in the heart where cardiac contractions pump blood throughout the body and maintain blood pressure. As with skeletal muscle cardiac muscle is striated, however it is not consciously controlled and so is involuntary. Cardiac muscle can be further differentiated from skeletal muscle by the presence of intercalated discs which control the synchronized contraction of cardiac tissues.