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‘I Thought It Was a Heart Attack'-One Woman's Surprising Yet Common Diagnosis
I was a 21-year-old college student when I woke up one morning with severe chest pain. As far as I knew, I was in great ...
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Costochondritis Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Chest pain near the sternum (breastbone ... and/or the sternocostal joints (situated between the rib bones and the sternum).
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Frequency of rib and sternum fractures associated with out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation is underestimated by conventional chest X-ray.
This study was conducted to determine whether findings of plain chest radiography ... The total number of isolated bone fractures detected by CXR was 18 (12 rib and six sternum fractures) and ...
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Rib Cage: What To Know
The thoracic cage bones include more than just the ribs, though. They also include the sternum and the thoracic ... Where Is the Rib Cage? The chest is where the rib cage is located.
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How 3D printing could revolutionise surgery
Several years ago Edward Evans fell seriously ill when an infection began eating away at his sternum – the bone at the centre of the ribcage that protects the vital organs in the chest.
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The skeletal system
Those signals travel through nerves that run through your spinal cord, which is protected by bones called vertebrae. Then there's the rib cage and sternum, which protect the heart and lungs.