angina

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Before that we will introduce the other pain called angina which is often precursor to a heart attack.

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  1. noun Angina pectoris.
  2. noun A condition, such as severe sore throat, in which spasmodic attacks of suffocating pain occur.

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  • Patients with partially blocked coronary arteries and chronic stable angina were randomly divided up into two groups. —  Taipei Times
  • • The Heart Foundation and the World Health Organization recommend that all those who have had a heart attack, heart surgery, coronary angioplasty, angina or other heart or blood vessel disease are routinely referred to an appropriate cardiac rehabilitation and prevention program for cardiac care. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  •  Decreased Hgb and Hct levels indicate anemia and can manifest as angina or aggravate heart failure. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Among 624 patients with stable angina, ACS, or STEMI > 48 hours, those randomized to an under-two-hour infusion after successful PCI fared just as well as patients randomized to the standard 18-hour infusion in terms of periprocedural ischemic myocardial injury within 24 hours. —  theHeart.org
  • In this study, MACE is defined as a composite endpoint consisting of cardiovascular death, non-fatal stroke, non-fatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and a subset of revascularization following the initial event. —  Health News from Medical News Today
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  1. Latin, quinsy, from Greek ankhonē, a strangling; see angh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin angĭna, quinsy, literally strangling, choking (cf. Greek ἀγχόνη, strangling), from angere (= Greek ἄγχειν), strangle, choke: see anger and angor.
 

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