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Neural Mechanisms of Cardiac Pain
Author Biography
Introduction
Anterolateral System
Currently selected section: Somatic vs. Visceral Nociceptive Processing
Angina Pectoris
Sympathetic Sensory Innervation
Referred Pain
Vagal Sensory Innervation
Other Ascending Pathways
Central Sensitization
Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex
Neurophysiology of Angina Pectorsis
Nausea and Vomiting

Dyspnea
Summary

 

Chapter 25:Neural Mechanisms of Cardiac Pain: Somatic vs. Visceral Nociceptive Processing
        
Question 4.1

About two hours after a meal, a 62-year-old man feels a crushing, burning, substernal chest pain. From watching many medical television shows, he feels certain that he is having a heart attack (myocardial infarction). His wife immediately calls an ambulance. Is it a reasonable assumption that he is experiencing a myocardial infarction?

Selection AUnlikely
Selection BLikely
Selection CVery likely

 

 

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