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Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle doesn't get enough blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. The pain may also occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back, or may feel like indigestion.
Follow the links below to find information about angina, angioplasty and angiography.
Reviewed June 2009
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Acute Coronary Syndromes
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National Heart Foundation of Australia
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A 2007 Addendum to the 2006 Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) guidelines (Heart Foundation and CSANZ) has been published in the Medical Journal of Australia on 3 March 2008. The Addendum provides information from recently published trials to be considered in the choice of therapies for the management of ACS.
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May 2009
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Angioplasty versus stenting for superficial femoral artery lesions
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Intermittent claudication is pain in the leg that is brought on by walking and which is relieved by rest. The pain is a result of insufficient blood flow to the muscles of the leg due to narrowing of the arteries by atherosclerosis. Patients who have na...
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Feb 2009
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Heart conditions - angina
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Better Health Channel
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Angina is chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle of the heart. Angina may be a warning sign of an impending heart attack. Arteries which service the heart have become narrowed by fatty plaques, which reduces blood flow.
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Dec 2008
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Angina treatments
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myDr
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Most angina medicines and treatments for angina either make the heart pump more slowly or improve blood flow to the heart.
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Jun 2008
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Angina pectoris and unstable angina
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Virtual Medical Centre.com
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Information on the symptoms, treatment and medication for angina pectoris and unstable angina conditions of the coronary arteries.
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May 2008
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Heparin versus placebo for acute coronary syndromes
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Blood clots in the arteries leading to the heart can cause acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina (a feeling of tightness in the chest) or a type of heart attack (non-ST segment myocardial infarction - NSTEMI). Drugs that prevent clots from forming (...
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Jan 2008
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Bypass surgery for chronic lower limb ischaemia
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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There is not enough evidence to favour bypass surgery over angioplasty to treat chronic limb ischaemia (inadequate blood flow to the legs)....
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Dec 2007
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Chinese herbal medicine suxiao jiuxin wan for angina pectoris
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Angina pectoris is pain or discomfort within the chest, typically provoked by exertion or anxiety. Angina is a sign that someone is at increased risk of heart attack, cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death. The aim of treatment for angina is to control ...
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Nov 2007
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting for carotid artery stenosis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Carotid stenosis, or narrowing of one of the major arteries which carries blood to the brain, can cause a stroke. The standard treatment is to remove the narrowing by a surgical operation (carotid endarterectomy). The narrowing can also be treated by pe...
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Aug 2007
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Angina overview
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myDr
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Angina is a common symptom of heart disease. Read about what causes it and how to manage angina attacks.
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Sep 2006
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Tongxinluo (Tong xin luo or Tong-xin-luo) capsule for unstable angina pectoris
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The review authors systematically reviewed evidence from 18 randomised controlled trials for the benefit of tongxinluo with or without other treatments, including routine care or placebo, for patients with unstable angina. All the trials were conducted ...
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Aug 2006
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Intracranial angioplasty and stenting (WingSpan")
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Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
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ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on intracranial angioplasty and stenting (WingSpan™).
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Jun 2006
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Puerarin injection for unstable angina pectoris
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The authors of this review found 20 trials, which altogether involved 1240 people with unstable angina. However, the authors could not come to a firm conclusion about the effectiveness of puerarin injections because these studies were of poor quality. N...
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May 2006
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Angioplasty for intracranial artery stenosis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Narrowing of the arteries inside the skull is a significant cause of stroke. Medical treatment for prevention consists of the control of risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol. Blood thinners are also used, but none has...
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Mar 2006
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SafeCross? radiofrequency total occlusion crossing system
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Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
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ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on the SafeCross® radiofrequency total occlusion crossing system.
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Sep 2005
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| Title: |
Angina
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| Publisher: |
myDr
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Angina is a crushing pain or feeling of discomfort in the chest, due to inadequate oxygen supply to the heart caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries.
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Aug 2005
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Trimetazidine for stable angina
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Angina, characterised by chest pain, is a manifestation of ischaemic heart disease. When the symptoms of angina are not adequately controlled by monotherapy with nitrates, beta blockers or calcium channel blockers, these drugs are used in combination, b...
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Jun 2005
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting for vertebral artery stenosis
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The vertebral arteries supply blood to the back of the brain and if narrowing (stenosis) of the artery occurs there is a risk of causing stroke. Because of difficulty accessing the vertebral artery, standard treatment has been conservative in most centr...
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Nov 2004
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