Angina

Angina is a disorder of the heart and its blood vessels that is characterized by chronic chest pain. It is usually caused by narrowed arteries from arteriosclerosis (atherosclerosis). Angina needs to be differentiated from heart attack and other causes of chest pain ...

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Arteriosclerosis: Arteriosclerosis is the hardening of the artery wells. In medical terminology, atheroma is the narrowing of the arteries (due to ...

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Atherosclerosis: Atherosclerosis is the narrowing and hardening of the arteries. It is related to high cholesterol (and high triglycerides). Strictly speaking ...

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Stable angina: Stable Angina is a type of angina where the chest pain is “stable” (compare “unstable angina”). In stable angina, the ...

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Heart Attack: Heart attack, also called Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), occurs when the heart does not get enough blood supply. It is ...

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Heart Disease: Heart Disease, also called Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), refers to any condition of the heart or its major blood vessels. There ...

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Chest Pain: Chest pain is an extremely serious symptom that will put you front of the line at emergency. Chest pain needs ...

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Narrowed arteries: Narrowed arteries refers to arterial plaque build-up in atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis), such as in Coronary Artery Disease. There cause of ...

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Heart: The heart is the main organ of the circulatory system inside the rib cage in the upper chest. Heart symptoms ...

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