When we experience chest pain, the first question that often leaps to mind is Am I having a heart attack? The good news: Many ...

Early diagnosis can help improve symptoms and lower your risk of complications. Angina can cause varying levels of chest pain and discomfort that may feel like pressure, squeezing, burning ...

Chest pain can be caused by various factors, not just heart-related issues. Non-cardiac causes include gastrointestinal ...

Multiple tandem stenosis may occasionally cause angina, even if the individual obstructions are not flow-limiting. Angiographic estimation of the severity of coronary luminal stenosis is ...

But now, improved anesthesia and easy transfusions have put angina patients on a par with others in surgery. Finally and most important, arteriosclerosis—the basic cause of angina—is now ...

Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy, safety and effects on quality of life of trimetazidine modified release (MR) in patients with stable angina. Methods: This large, open-label ...

Dr Mukesh Goel, Senior Consultant in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, provides insights into the common causes of chest pain and when to seek medical attention ...

The smooth muscle in the coronary wall contracts without explanation, resulting in decreased blood flow to the myocardium which causes symptoms of angina. More common in young women, the etiology ...

Secondary causes of angina, such as anemia, poorly controlled hypertension, thyroid dysfunction or arrhythmias, should also be identified and treated accordingly. When evaluating new methods of ...

But cardiac experts claim the tests are not accurate enough to rule out underlying causes of angina. They argue that all patients with symptoms of angina should now receive a heart scan called a ...