2. Heart Attack and Angina - Resources - Heart Health Health Pages - MedHelp
What is a heart attack? What is angina? What is silent ischemia? What is the heart's collateral circulation? How is angina treated? Tests Now Performed in Many Medical Centers; What are the symptoms of a heart attack? How is a heart attack treated?
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3. Angina - All Sections (printer-friendly)
Angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when an area of your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The pain also may occur in your shoulders, a...
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4. Angina Bullosa Hemorrhagica: eMedicine Dermatology
Angina bullosa hemorrhagica (ABH) is the term used to describe acute, benign, and generally subepithelial oral mucosal blisters filled with blood that are not attributable to a systemic disorder or hemostatic defect.
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5. The Mount Sinai Medical Center - Diseases & Conditions
Angina is a pain or discomfort in the chest. It often has a squeezing or pressure-like feel. This discomfort can also be felt in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaws, or back. Anginal pain usually lasts for no more than 2-10 minutes. It is relieved by ...
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6. Toni Braxton's Microvascular Angina: FAQ - Heart Disease and Other Cardiovascular Conditions on MedicineNet.com
Sept. 23, 2008 -- Just before starting the demanding Dancing with the Stars competition, singer Toni Braxton came down with a new heart problem: microvascular angina.
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Discomfort in the chest that can range from mild discomfort to severe pain is called angina. Although chest pain can have many origins, true angina is a symptom of inadequate blood and oxygen supply to the heart, a condition most often due to plaq...
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8. InteliHealth:
Angina is discomfort or pain in the chest that happens when not enough oxygen-rich blood reaches the muscle cells of the heart. The most common cause of angina is coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease is usually caused by atherosclerosi...
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9. Unstable angina
Unstable angina is a condition in which your heart doesn't get enough blood flow and oxygen. It is a prelude to a heart attack. Most people experience a feeling of chest discomfort or shortness of breath.
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10. THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 88, Coronary Artery Disease
Among the elderly, dyspnea on exertion is a more common manifestation of myocardial ischemia than is chest pain. Exertional dyspnea results from a transient increase in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure caused by ischemia superimposed on red...
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