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The medicine cabinet: Ask the Harvard experts: Take immediate action when angina becomes unstable

Q: What is the difference between stable angina and unstable angina? A: Angina occurs when blood flow slows or stops through ...
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Differences in the Symptoms Associated With Unstable Angina and Myocardial Infarction

The primary purpose of several studies has been to describe the symptoms associated with ACS. [7,8,9,10,11] Other studies have identified the symptoms of ACS secondary to examining factors influencing ...
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Finding Relief When Angina Persists: Understanding Your Options

For the 11 million Americans living with angina, chronic chest pain caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle can ...
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Angina pectoris: What does 'strangling' in your chest tell you?

Angina pectoris, often shortened to angina, is chest pain or discomfort caused by reduced blood flow to the heart and most commonly - but not always - a symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD). The ...
Medscape

ORBITA: FFR/iFR Predict Ischemia but Not Symptoms After PCI

PARIS — New findings from the controversial ORBITA trial provide a lift for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable angina but also mixed results for the predictive power of fractional flow ...
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Coronary Sinus Reducer Eases Symptoms in Refractory Angina: ORBITA-COSMIC

ATLANTA, GA—An implantable coronary sinus reducer (CSR) in patients with refractory angina significantly reduces symptoms over 6 months of follow-up compared with a placebo procedure, a new study ...