Angina WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Angina
Angina is pain in the body and can be felt in many different parts of the body most commonly the chest. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in the chest. The pain from angina may also occur in the shoulders, arms, jaw, or back. Angina may also feel like indigestion.
Fast Facts:
- Angina attacks usually happen to men after the age of 30 and are almost always cause by coronary artery disease. For women it happens later in life and can have may different causes including hyperthyroidism and anemia.
- Angina can be diagnosed with tests including x-rays, electrocardiogram (EKG) and coronary angiography.
- The treatment of angina may include lifestyle changes and medication such as beta blockers and calcium channel blockers .
- If the angina is caused by coronary artery disease treatment options may include angioplasty or bypass surgery.
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What is Angina?
- FamilyDoctor: What is Angina?
- American Heart Association: What is angina pectoris?
- Patient Health International: What is Angina?
- MedicineNet: Angina
- eMedicineHealth: Angina
- Baptist Memorial Health Care: Chest Pain (Other than Angina)
- Patient UK: What is Angina?
What Are The Symptoms of Angina?
- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI): What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Angina?
- Mayo Clinic: Angina-Signs and Symptoms
- CardiologyChannel: Angina Signs and Symptoms
- CureResearch: Symptoms of Angina
- eHealthMD: What Are The Symptoms Of Angina?
What Are The Causes and Complications of Angina?
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: What causes angina?
- NHLBI: What Causes Angina?
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Angina
- Mayo Clinic: Angina Causes
- Cleveland Clinic: Angina Causes
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Angina?
- UptoDate: Patient information: Angina treatment — medical therapy
- eMedicine: Angina Treatment
- Cleveland Clinic: Chronic Angina Therapy: Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP)
- American Heart Association: Angina Pectoris Treatments
- CardiologyChannel: Angina Treatment
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Angina?
- Holistic Online: Common Sense Care for Angina
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Angina?
- LifeHeart: Types of Angina
- Always-Health: Angina and Its Types
- Healthwise (via Yahoo Health): Types of angina
- WrongDiagnosis: Types of Angina
- DoctorNDTV: What is typical and atypical angina?
- About.com: Cardiac Symptoms in Women
How Do You Prevent Angina?
- NHLBI: How Can Angina Be Prevented?
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Heart Attack and Unstable Angina - Prevention
- Medical University of South Carolina: Angina Prevention
- eMedicineHealth: Angina Prevention
- PainResourceCenter: Angina Pectoris Prevention
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Angina
- Blogspot: Angina - What Is It?
- TheNewHomemaker: Uh-oh, back to the lab again
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Angina
- WrongDiagnosis: Unstable Angina?
- The WomenHeart Community: Unexplained Angina
- MedHelp: Angina message board!
- RevolutionHealth: Angina community
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Angina
- JAMA: Angina Articles
- PubMedCentral: Angina Articles
- Google Scholar: Angina Articles
Clinical Trials on Angina
- CenterWatch: Angina Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Angina Clinical Trials
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- Contributor: Chris Miller
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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