Diseases

Chest Pain

Pressure, burning, or numbness in the chest.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Pressure, burning, or numbness in the chest.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Chest Pains
  • Pain, Chest
  • Pains, Chest
  • Precordial Catch
  • Precordial Catch Syndrome
  • Texidor's Twinge
  • Syndrome, Precordial Catch
  • Texidor Twinge

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

cardiac = probably ANGINA PECTORIS

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History Note

87

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Previous Indexing

  • Pain (1966-1986)
  • Thorax (1966-1986)

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WF 970

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chest Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002637. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002637
  2. Chest Pain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chest_pain
  3. Chest Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693058