1. Angina pectoris is a recurring pain or discomfort in the chest that happens when some part of the heart receives too much blood.
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2. Angina pectoris is a common symptom of coronary heart disease, which occurs when vessels that carry blood to the heart become narrowed and blocked due to atherosclerosis.
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3. Angina feels like a pressing or squeezing pain, usually in the chest under the breast bone, but sometimes in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaws, or back.
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4. Angina is usually precipitated by exertion.
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5. Angina usually lasts for hours and is not relieved by resting or by taking prescribed angina medicine.
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6. Episodes of angina occur when the heart's need for oxygen increases beyond the oxygen available from the blood nourishing the heart.
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7. Physical exertion is the most common trigger for angina, but other triggers can be emotional stress, extreme cold or heat, heavy meals, alcohol, and cigarette smoking.
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8. An episode of angina is not a heart attack.
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9. Angina means that there is underlying coronary heart disease.
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10. The underlying coronary artery disease that causes angina is not influenced by controlling existing "risk factors."
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11. Risk factors for coronary artery disease includes high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, high blood cholesterol levels, and excess weight.
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12. Controlling physical activity, adopting good eating habits, moderating alcohol consumption, and not smoking are some of the precautions that can help patients live more comfortably and with less angina.
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13. Angina is often controlled by drugs, the most commonly prescribed being nitroglycerin, which relieves pain by widening blood vessels.
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