Angina, also known as ischemic chest pain, occurs when the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygen-rich blood to function properly. As a result, you may feel pressure, squeezing, tightness ...

Story by Himabindu Sreenivasulu, Alan Thomas Charly, Rinta M Babu Cold-induced angina, also known as Prinzmetal's angina or variant angina, occurs due to spasms in coronary arteries, reducing ...

IN our inquiries into any particular subject of Medicine, our labours will generally be shortened and directed to their proper objects, by a knowledge of preceding discoveries. When Dr. Heberden ...

The acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The terms “transmural,” “non-transmural ...

Calcium antagonists are used in the treatment of hypertension and angina. In the mid-1990s there was considerable debate concerning the safety of calcium antagonists in the treatment of ...

A recent state-of-the-art review overlooks a “safe and effective” therapy for patients with stable angina and no good treatment options, according to several cardiologists. The coronary sinus reducer ...

In January 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new antianginal agent for the treatment of chronic stable angina, ranolazine (Ranexa™; CV Therapeutics, Inc.). The drug ...

Benefiting from technological and conceptual groundwork and positive early data, gene therapies are advancing in the clinic ...

Some heart attacks result from arterial spasms. But in most people who have had PAD, angina, stroke, or a heart attack, arteriosclerosis and blood clots are the underlying problem. "You have to ...