Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium). It is most...
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Variant angina, also known as Prinzmetal angina, vasospastic angina, angina inversa, coronary vessel spasm, or coronary artery vasospasm, is a syndrome...
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Ludwig's angina (Latin: Angina ludovici) is a type of severe cellulitis involving the floor of the mouth and is often caused by bacterial sources. Early...
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Unstable angina is a type of angina pectoris that is irregular or more easily provoked. It is classified as a type of acute coronary syndrome. It can be...
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Microvascular angina (MVA), previously known as cardiac syndrome X, also known as coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) or microvascular coronary disease...
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Vincent's angina (also termed Plaut–Vincent's angina), is pharyngitis (inflammation of the pharynx) and tonsillitis (inflammation of the palatine tonsils)...
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Although the term angina alone usually denotes angina pectoris (a type of chest pain due to obstruction of the coronary artery), angina by itself can also...
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Look up angina in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Angina pectoris is chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of the heart...
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Charles Angina (born 29 March 1962) is a lieutenant general in the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF). As of August 2021, he is awaiting assignment at...
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Tonsillitis (redirect from Angina tonsillaris)
infection of spirochaeta and treponema, which is called Vincent's angina or Plaut-Vincent angina.[non-primary source needed] Within the tonsils, white blood...
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Renal angina is a clinical methodology to risk stratify patients for the development of persistent and severe acute kidney injury (AKI). The composite...
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Coronary artery disease (section Stable angina)
most common of the cardiovascular diseases. Types include stable angina, unstable angina, and myocardial infarction. A common symptom is chest pain or discomfort...
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exertion than the individual's previous angina ("crescendo angina"). New-onset angina is also considered unstable angina, since it suggests a new problem in...
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Angina bullosa haemorrhagica is a condition of the mucous membranes characterized by the sudden appearance of one or more blood blisters within the oral...
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Diphtheria (redirect from Angina diphtheritica)
Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in...
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Coronary vasospasm (redirect from Spastic angina with healthy coronary artery)
of classical angina pectoris. Consequently, this angina has come to be reported and referred to in the literature as Prinzmetal angina. A subsequent...
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Society grading of angina pectoris (sometimes referred to as the CCS Angina Grading Scale or the CCS Functional Classification of Angina) is a classification...
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narrowing is caused by contraction of smooth muscle (e.g. achalasia, prinzmetal angina); stenosis is usually used when narrowing is caused by lesion that reduces...
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blood pressure, coronary artery disease (CAD) and variant angina (also called Prinzmetal angina or coronary artery vasospasm, among other names). It is...
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Angor animi (redirect from Angina animi)
Angor animi (also referred to as angina animi, Gairdner's disease and also angina pectoris sine dolore), in medicine, is a symptom defined as a patient's...
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4-trimethoxybenzyl)piperazine) is a drug sold under many brand names for angina pectoris (chest pain associated with impaired blood flow to the heart)....
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anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery stenosis in people with unstable angina. Originally thought of as two separate types, A and B, it is now considered...
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Nitroglycerin (medication) (section Angina)
treat and prevent chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the heart (angina) or due to the recreational use of cocaine. This includes chest pain from...
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coronary arteries can have a serious impact on health, possibly leading to angina, a heart attack, and even death. The coronary arteries are mainly composed...
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to the heart. Unlike the other type of acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina, a myocardial infarction occurs when there is cell death, which can be estimated...
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more than 1 million prescriptions. Ranolazine is used to treat chronic angina. It may be used concomitantly with β blockers, nitrates, calcium channel...
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individuals with angina, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy. The FDA approved the CardiAssist ECP system for the treatment of angina, acute myocardial...
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under many brand names, is a medication used for heart-related chest pain (angina), heart failure and esophageal spasms. It can be used both to treat and...
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prevent peripheral and cerebral vasospasm, and to reduce chest pain caused by angina pectoris. N-type, L-type, and T-type voltage-dependent calcium channels...
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Canadian Cardiovascular Society (redirect from CCS angina grading)
Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina Grading Scale is commonly used for the classification of severity of angina: Class I – Angina only during strenuous or...
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