What is angina?
Published 20 Aug 20181 min 25 sec watch
Meets Patient’s editorial guidelines
- Share
- Discussion
- Ask Patient
- Audio Version
- Add to preferred sources on Google
Dr Yassir Javid
Angina is a pain that comes from the heart. It is usually caused by narrowing of the heart (coronary) arteries. Usual treatment includes a statin medicine to lower your cholesterol level, low-dose aspirin to help prevent a heart attack, and a beta-blocker medicine to help protect the heart and to prevent angina pains. An angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor medicine is advised in some cases. Sometimes angioplasty or surgery are options to widen, or to bypass, narrowed arteries.
For more information on angina, go to https://patient.info/health/angina-leaflet
Patient picks
Patient information leaflet
Angina
Angina is a pain that comes from the heart. It is usually caused by narrowing of the heart's blood vessels - the (coronary) arteries. Usual treatment includes a statin medicine to lower your cholesterol level, low-dose aspirin to help prevent a heart attack, and a beta-blocker medicine to help protect the heart and to prevent angina pains. Dr.
Feature
Is it indigestion or a heart attack?
‘The most common sign of a heart attack is a severe, constrict... Recognising the symptoms – or whether you are simply suffering from indigestion – and knowing what to do, is therefore very important..
Patient information leaflet
Heart disease
The heart is a muscle pump located in the chest, which pumps blood around the body. It keeps pumping from a few weeks after conception until we die. There are a number of different conditions that can affect how the heart works. Heart disease symptoms These include: Chest pain Chest pain (the most well-known symptom of heart disease). Central.
Feature
What does smoking do to your heart?
If it happens in the arteries that carry blood to your brain, it can lead to a stroke," explains June Davison, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation. This in turn can cause ... " Coronary heart disease Heart disease (CHD) usually develops slowly over time and the symptoms can be different for everyone. Angina is the term used to.
Patient information leaflet
Heart valve disease
Fainting, dizziness Dizziness or tiredness Tiredness. If the amount of blood getting through to the ventricle is reduced, the output of blood from the left ventricle to the body is then reduced. Chest pains (angina) Angina. This may develop if there is a reduced blood flow to the arteries that take blood to the heart muscle (the coronary.
Feature
Am I having a heart attack?
You may only have a mild pain which feels like indigestion or heartburn – or you may have no pain at all. The pain you feel from angina is similar to a heart attack but will usually ease around 10 minutes after resting. What are the symptoms of a heart attack in women. According to the World Health Organization, coronary heart disease (CHD) - the.
Share your thoughts or experiences with others in our patient communities.