Cardiologists experience heart attacks, too, and they can be surprised by the symptoms that lead up to the health crisis.

Dr. William Wilson said he was in “denial” when he first started feeling chest pain — the most common warning sign of a heart attack for both men and women.

He didn’t smoke, and didn’t have high blood pressure or high cholesterol. He had a healthy body weight and regularly exercised.

“I was thinking that this can’t be happening to me,” the cardiologist, who practices in in Fort Wayne, Indiana, previously told TODAY.com about his heart attack.

Wilson shared more heart attack symptoms he wanted people to know about:

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Besides experiencing chest pain, Wilson noticed he was dripping wet —

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