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  2. Referred pain - Wikipedia

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    Referred pain, also called reflective pain, [1] is pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus.An example is the case of angina pectoris brought on by a myocardial infarction (heart attack), where pain is often felt in the left side of neck, left shoulder, and back rather than in the thorax (chest), the site of the injury.

  3. Angina - Wikipedia

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    Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium). [2] It is most commonly a symptom of coronary artery disease. [2] Angina is typically the result of partial obstruction or spasm of the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. [3]

  4. Coronary ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Angina may be stable or unstable. Unstable angina is most often associated with emergent, acute coronary syndromes. [20] Angina is typically located below the sternum. [4] Individuals experiencing angina characterize the pain in different ways, but the pain is usually described as crushing, squeezing, or burning. [7]

  5. This Serious Condition Could Cause Pain Under Your Breast - AOL

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    Angina. Angina is chest pain that happens when an area of your heart muscle doesn ... an organ located just behind your stomach that makes enzymes that break down sugars, fats, and starches ...

  6. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Chest pain (angina) Shortness of breath. Lightheadedness. Heartburn. Heart palpitations (fluttering feelings in the chest) Extreme fatigue. Fainting. Nausea. Swelling of legs, feet, ankles ...

  7. Wikipedia:Osmosis/Angina pectoris - Wikipedia

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    All right, as a quick recap…. Angina pectoris is chest pain caused by reduced blood flow resulting in a lack of oxygen in the heart muscle. There are three types: stable angina, unstable angina, and vasospastic angina. Rest tends to relieve stable angina, but not the other two types, and all three can be treated with nitroglycerin.

  8. 10 Surprising Causes of Back Pain - AOL

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    "Obesity is a major factor in causing acute and chronic back pain due to several factors, including the overload on the spinal column," says Dr. Medhat Mikhael, MD, a pain management specialist ...

  9. Chest pain - Wikipedia

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    Chest pain is more commonly associated with anterior infarction because of left ventricular impairment; inferior infarction is more commonly associated with nausea, vomiting, and excessive sweating due to irritation of vagus nerve; lateral infarction is associated with left arm pain. [1] Prinzmetal's angina: Chest pain is caused by coronary ...