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[Algesimetry in ischemic heart disease and neurocirculatory dystonia]. 1981

G I Sidorenko, and N A Manak

Algesimetry was used to study the pain sensitivity in 143 subjects (21 healthy individuals, 20 cases with neurocirculatory dystonia, 62 with chronic ischaemic heart disease and 40 with subacute myocardial infarction). The tests were performed for the tactile threshold, pain threshold, threshold of pain endurance and the interval of pain endurance. In a part of patients indices of pain sensitivity were correlated with tolerance to physical exertion. In neurocirculatory dystonia high pain sensitivity was due to the lowering of the pain threshold. In patients with ischaemic heart disease there were three types of pain threshold (low, medium, high) and two variants as concerns the interval of pain endurance (low and high). Low interval of pain endurance corresponded to low tolerance of physical exertion, hence algesimetry can serve as an additional method of objective interpretation of the bicycle ergometry tests.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009203	Myocardial Infarction	NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).	Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D009449	Neurocirculatory Asthenia	A clinical syndrome characterized by palpitation, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, labored breathing, subjective complaints of effort and discomfort, all following slight PHYSICAL EXERTION. Other symptoms may be DIZZINESS, tremulousness, SWEATING, and INSOMNIA. Neurocirculatory asthenia is most typically seen as a form of anxiety disorder.	Cardiac Neurosis,Effort Syndrome,Hyperkinetic Heart Syndrome,Phobia, Cardiac,Asthenia, Neurocirculatory,Cardiac Neuroses,Cardiac Phobia,Heart Syndrome, Hyperkinetic,Neurocirculatory Asthenias,Neurosis, Cardiac,Syndrome, Effort,Syndrome, Hyperkinetic Heart
D010146	Pain	An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS.	Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D003327	Coronary Disease	An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.	Coronary Heart Disease,Coronary Diseases,Coronary Heart Diseases,Disease, Coronary,Disease, Coronary Heart,Diseases, Coronary,Diseases, Coronary Heart,Heart Disease, Coronary,Heart Diseases, Coronary
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000787	Angina Pectoris	The symptom of paroxysmal pain consequent to MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA usually of distinctive character, location and radiation. It is thought to be provoked by a transient stressful situation during which the oxygen requirements of the MYOCARDIUM exceed that supplied by the CORONARY CIRCULATION.	Angor Pectoris,Stenocardia,Stenocardias
D012684	Sensory Thresholds	The minimum amount of stimulus energy necessary to elicit a sensory response.	Sensory Threshold,Threshold, Sensory,Thresholds, Sensory