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Definition of Chest pain
1. Noun. Pain in the chest.
Medical Definition of Chest pain
1. There are many causes of chest pain. One is angina which results from inadequate oxygen supply to the heart muscle. Angina can be caused by coronary artery disease or spasm of the coronary arteries. Chest pain can also be due to a heart attack (coronary occlusion) and other important diseases. Do not try to ignore chest pain and work (or play) though it. Chest pain is a warning to seek medical attention. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chest Pain
Literary usage of Chest pain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Case Studies from the Quality Improvement Support System by David H. Gustafson (1998)
"In September 1993, the Acute chest pain Management Team assembled to improve the
quality of care for patients with acute chest pain. ..."
2. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"chest pain Pain over the chest in the sternal region may be caused by diseased
bone, mediastinal inflammation, changes in the medias- tinal glands, ..."
3. The Women's Health and Aging Study: Health and Social Characteristics of edited by Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Judith D. Kasper, Mary E. Lafferty (1995)
"chest pain was defined as nonexertional if the participant reported any pain or
discomfort in her chest and did not report the pain when walking, ..."
4. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"Esophageal chest pain: current controversies in pathogenesis, diagnosis and ...
Esophageal testing in patients with non-cardiac chest pain and/or dysphagia. ..."
5. Diseases of the chest and the principles of physical diagnosis by George William Norris, Henry Robert Murray Landis, Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1920)
"chest pain is one of the common manifestations of tuberculosis. The character of
the pain varies. It is usually subjective but may be objective only. ..."
6. Clinical Symptomatology by Alois Pick, Adolf Franz Hecht (1911)
"PROGNOSIS OF chest pain Pain in the chest may indicate a very dangerous ailment (for
... CLASSIFICATION OF chest pain According to the seat of the ailment, ..."
7. Getting Fit Your Way: A Self-paced Fitness Guide (1993)
"Pleuritic chest pain is common. Pleurisy is the most common respiratory ...
Many patients complain of chest pain, but pericardial changes are not often ..."
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