what is angina?

Answer 1

heart pain - chest pain
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Angina (pectoris) is chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries (the heart's blood vessels). Coronary artery disease, the main cause of angina, is due to atherosclerosis of the cardiac arteries. The term derives from the Greek ankhon ("strangling") and the Latin pectus ("chest"), and can therefore be translated as "a strangling feeling in the chest".

Worsening ("crescendo") angina attacks, sudden-onset angina at rest, and angina lasting more than 15 minutes are symptoms of unstable angina (usually grouped with similar conditions as the acute coronary syndrome). As these may herald myocardial infarction (a heart attack), they require urgent medical attention and are generally treated as a presumed heart attack

Answer 2

Angina pectoris, often just called angina, is the medical term for chest pain or discomfort due to coronary artery disease. However, it is important to note that not all chest pain is angina. Angina occurs when the heart muscle doesn't get as much blood and therefore, as much oxygen as it needs. Typical angina is uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest. The discomfort also may radiate to the neck, jaw, shoulder, back or arm. It may also feel like indegestion.

Answer 3

It's chest pains caused by lack of oxygen to the tissue of the heart. It can be caused by blockage that prevents bloodfloow or spasm of blood vessels that interrupts regular glow. Angina itself is not dangerous if infrequent but it can be the calling card for cardiac arrest.

Answer 4

Its heart disease.Its causes severe pain due to the blokages in the arteries carrying blood to the heart.The shrinking of arteries
also a main reason for the angina

Answer 5

angina is chest pain suggesting myocardial ischemia due to constriction of arteries of the heart which is usually revesible. But it needs evaluation by ECG, ETT and Echocardiogram along with a crdiologist consultation.
and it usually responds very well to nitrates group of medicine

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Angina or chest pain is caused by a blockage or spasm of a coronary artery, resulting in reduced blood supply to the heart. The lack of oxygen is felt as chest pain and can occur anywhere in the chest, neck, arms, or back but commonly described as pain or pressure in the sternum. The pain often radiates to the left arm, but can also radiate to both arms, the back, the shoulders, the jaw and/or the neck. Angina may described in many other ways in addition to pain.

CHARACTERISTICS:
Location:beneath sternum, radiating to neck and jaw, upper chest
beneath sternum radiating down left arm, epigasric
(abdominal) with/without radiation to neck, jaw and arms
neck and jaw, left shoulder and inner aspect of both arm
shoulders
Duration:5-15 minutes (stable angina), duration longer than 15
minutes without relief from rest or medication indicates
unstable angina or preinfarction (heart attack)
symptoms.
Quality:sensation of pressure or heavy weight on the chest,
feeling of tightness like a vise, deep, heavy, squeezing,
aching, burning sensation, shortness of breath with
feeling of suffocation, most severe pain ever felt
Radiation:Mid left arm, jaw, left shoulder, right arm
Precipitating Factors:exertion/exercise, cold weather, exercising
after large heavy meal, walking against the wind,
emotional upset, fright, anger, intercourse
Medication Relief:Usually within 45 seconds to 5 minutes of
sublingual (under the tongue) nitroglycerin
administration

Angina is classified as stable, unstable or variant:

1)Stable Angina:
-predictable and caused by similar precipitating factors such as exercise, emotional upset and increased heart rate
-become used to it, often described as "my usual chest pain"
-pain control achieved usually by rest and nitroglycerin spray/tablet
-caused by fixed lesions (blockages) of more than 75%
-ischemia(decreased oxygen) and chest pain occur when the heart's demand for oxygen exceeds the supply available
-can be managed medically for long periods

2)Unstable Angina:
-change in previously established stable pattern ofr angina or onset of severe angina
-more intense than stable angina, may awaken one from sleep, and may need more Nitro for pain relief
-a change in the level or frequency of symptoms requires immediate medical attention and 911 called and the person experiencing the pain be taken to the emergency department
-indicates that the atherosclerotic plaque has now become unstable (accumulation in the coronary arteries). Plaque may have ruptured so that platelets attach and form a clot at the site of the rupture
-ECG is critical to rule out MI (myocardial infarction or heart attack)

3)Variant Angina:
-caused by coronary artery spasm, with or without the atherosclerotic lesions
-commonly occurs at rest and can be cyclic, occuring at the same time each day

Answer 8

Angina means pain

If it is ANGINA PECTORIS

It means Chest pain( heart disease is one of the causes

Answer 9

Chest pain caused by inadequate supply of oxygen getting to the heart. Can be caused by buildup of plaque in the ateries. Usually relieved with Nitroglycerin.
Can be a precursor to a heart attack.

Answer 10

Sever agonizing central chest pain radiates to left shoulder this in its simplest form , it is due to coronary insufficiency [inadequate blood supply to heart muscles due to narrowing of coronary blood vessel]