By Sonja VanderDol
The arteries that supply blood to the heart are called the coronary arteries. If the blood vessels to the heart narrow, the amount of blood the heart receives may not be enough to provide the oxygen it needs. This lack of oxygen causes mild or severe pain to the chest area and [...]
By Ramani Iyer
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Angina is a heavy, tight squeezing pain in the chest due to insufficient oxygen supply to heart. It generally occurs when the heart works hard and requires [...]
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Emilia_Klapp]Emilia Klapp
The best way to prevent angina, also known as chest pain, is to prevent or to reduce atherosclerosis, the main responsible for angina pain. As you know, atherosclerosis is the accumulation of fat in the arteries. This fat, with time, clogs the coronary arteries, the ones wrapping the heart, thus reducing the amount [...]
Heart problems is one of the premiere factors behind death in most developed nations around the globe, and the number of cases is rising consistently as a consequence of both modern lifestyles and increased overall longevity. While developing the condition can have a crushing effect on the victim’s life, modern drugs has developed many good [...]
TIA, also known as a mini stroke, occurs when there has been temporary blockage of blood flow in the brain due to a thrombus. In a TIA, the body releases its own small amount of tPA and quickly dissolves the clot. This accounts for the temporary symptoms that incur and cause no damage to brain tissues. The TIA is a warning sign of an impending stoke, and medical help should be sought immediately. Mini strokes happen only in ischemic episodes. Ischemic and hemorrhagic are complete opposites of each other but have the same symptoms and inclinations.
by Shanae Ferne
Have you heard the terms heart attack and angina, and thought that they were interchangeable terms? This is not the case. They are both types of heart disease that result from diseased heart (coronary) arteries, but differ in what happens in those arteries. After reading this, you should be [...]
by Sharon Hopkins
Angina is also called as angina pectoris and this gives you chest pains which are very painful and can cause lot of stress. This pain is mainly due to myocardial ischemia which means lack of daily quota of blood and oxygen supply to the heart muscle. The reason for lagging behind [...]
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Robin_Brain]Robin Brain
Heart disease is not really disease of the heart itself, but of the blood vessels supplying it. Conditions such as “hole-in-the-heart” and problems with heart valves (sometimes a consequence of rheumatic fever) can occur, but most problems with heart valves are now the result of their becoming hardened and leaky with age. Heart [...]
Coronary Artery Disease – Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=James_S._Pendergraft]James S. Pendergraft
CAD (Coronary Artery Disease) refers to the contracting of the heart arteries because of atherosclerosis. The heart muscle doesn’t get sufficient oxygen when the heart arteries are contracted. If your heart is starving out of oxygen, then the pain in the chest arises which is [...]
Beat Angina Naturally
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Stewart_Hare]Stewart Hare
When the coronary arteries become furred up and harden due to coronary heart disease (CHD) the heart muscles are starved of oxygen-rich blood, this can cause a heavy squeezing pain that can last between 5 to 30 minutes. This pain is called angina. Typical symptoms of angina which can be brought [...]
