Stable angina can be treated with rest or nitrate medications; however, unstable angina is a medical emergency as it can lead to a heart attack. — 123rf Angina pectoris, often shortened to angina, is ...

What are the symptoms of angina? As mentioned above, angina causes temporary pain or an uncomfortable feeling in the chest. In stable angina, the pain is predictable and usually occurs at the same ...

In her latest column, Dr Jane Wilcock explains how angina can be triggered by the cold and relieved with GTN spray ...

For the 11 million Americans living with angina, chronic chest pain caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle can ...

Older patients enrolled in the ISCHEMIA trial saw their angina symptoms improve with an invasive strategy as compared with more-conservative management, but unlike younger patients in the trial, they ...

Angina, a type of chest pain, can be stable or unstable. Stable angina follows a predictable pattern. For example, it may occur regularly after strenuous exercise and go away shortly. Angina is a type ...

Refractory angina is an increasingly prevalent clinical syndrome characterized by ongoing ischaemic symptoms despite optimal medical management in patients for whom traditional revascularization is ...

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) affects the coronary arteries, which deliver blood to the myocardium. CAD symptoms include stable angina, reviewed here, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS ...

Both angina and a heart attack can feel the same, causing chest pain due to reduced blood flow to the heart. However, with angina, the pain is caused by a brief interruption of blood flow, often ...