Neural mechanisms of cardiac pain.

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the underlying neural mechanisms that can be used to explain the pain, associated with heart disease and gallbladder disease. An assessment of the stimuli that can be used to generate the activity of the system, transmitting noxious information is also described in the chapter. The chapter also discusses the neural mechanisms to explain the similarity in cardiac pain, and in some cases of gallbladder disease. Cardiac pain often manifests itself as deep, diffuse, aching, somatic sensations arising from the chest, the left arm, and, sometimes, the right arm and jaw. This form of visceral pain can originate during ischemia of the heart, but can also be associated with diseases of the esophagus, the lungs, and even the gallbladder.

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