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Severe chest discomfort usually caused by inadequate blood flow through the blood vessels of the heart as a result of cardiac disease resulting in myocardial ischemia (inadequate oxygen supply to the heart). It is often treated by medical means or by surgical or angioplastic revascularization. It is rarely treated by spinal cord stimulation. Angina is often accompanied by shortness of breath, sweating, nausea and dizziness.
Pain Treatment, Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinothalamic Tract Neurons, Visceral Input
Thalamus and Visceral Pain Processing (Human Imaging)
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(2007). Angina Pectoris. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_221
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