Pain Tolerance in Persons With Recognized and Unrecognized Myocardial Infarction: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Øhrn, Andrea Milde ^a,b   Nielsen, Christopher Sivert ^c   Schirmer, Henrik ^a,d   Stubhaug, Audun ^b   Wilsgaard, Tom ^a   Lindekleiv, Haakon ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Myocardial infarction; Pain tolerance; Silent myocardial infarction; Unrecognized myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85032571766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003846     Document Type: Article

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