0 a condition that causes strong chest pains because blood containing oxygen is prevented from reaching the heart muscle by blocked arteries:
If you experience angina while exercising, stop.
Cardiovascular involvement consists of an aortitis with resultant aortic valve disease, aortic aneurysm or angina and is the commonest cause of death in late disease.
Of the potassium-channel activators, nicorandil is currently in use for treating angina, but the place of these drugs in hypertension remains to be established.
The principles of drug therapy for chronic stable angina in elderly patients are the same as for younger patients.
Most patients with chronic stable angina should be prescribed a beta-blocker and sublingual or buccal nitrate for the relief of symptoms.
The majority of complaints were related to high blood pressure, angina and heart problems, asthma, thyroid problems and cholesterol levels.
At age 38, he was admitted for evaluation of a 5-week history of dyspnea on exertion and angina.
The natural history of the condition suggests that angina recurrence should increase over time, rather than decrease, so this finding is surprising.
No association was found with reported mortality or with angina recurrence in a robust regression which did not take account of study size.
