Cardialgia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| R07.2 | Precordial pain |
| K22.0 | Achalasia of the cardia |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Cardialgia ( "heartbreak", "palpitations") is called from the heart outgoing pain in the chest . The pain is mostly dull, pressing, spasmodic or boring and is associated with a characteristic feeling of constriction and destruction, often with typical radiations, possibly in the form of paresthesias . Angina pectoris can be the cause of the pain, for example .
Furthermore, cardialgia can also stand for a spasm of the muscles at the entrance to the stomach (cardia).
literature
- Hexal pocket dictionary medicine . Elsevier - Urban and Fischer, Munich - Jena 2004, ISBN 978-3-437-15011-1 , p. 30.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alphabetical directory for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 475
- ↑ cardialgia . In: Duden online . Bibliographical Institute GmbH.
