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A 59 year old man complains of recurrent attacks of pain in the region of left shoulder radiating to sternum and the pit of stomach. The attacks of pain came at lengthy intervals until the last two days when it became continuous. The physician diagnosed it as an angina pectoris. In this case the pain pathway from the heart is carried by –

ASuperior cervical cardiac nerve
BMiddle and inferior cervical cardiac nerve
CThoracic splanchnic nerve
DVagus
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