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When we experience chest pain, the first question that often leaps to mind is Am I having a heart attack? The good news: Many different conditions can cause minor chest pain that aren’t cause for ...
Angina occurs when part of the heart does not receive enough oxygen. It may feel like pain, squeezing, or pressure in the chest. Angina is not a disease but a symptom of another underlying condition.
Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Alternate Therapy For Refractory Angina?' — -- Question: What alternative therapies are there for patients with refractory angina (angina that does not ...
Hemostemix Inc. (TSXV: HEM) (OTCQB: HMTXF) (FSE: 2VF0), the leading autologous (patient's own) stem cell therapy company ...
Heart attack and stroke symptoms can both look different for women than they do for men. Most of us have been raised to recognise the symptoms of both by their typical male presentation, so it’s worth ...
When a robust man suddenly drops dead and the newspapers report “heart failure,” the probability is that he died during an attack of angina pectoris. If he had gone to his doctor the day before, the ...
PARIS -- Whether a person had chest pains resolved by angioplasty hinged on the nature, not the severity, of their presenting symptoms, an ORBITA-2 analysis showed. Investigators found two groups more ...
Dr. Krumholz answers the question: 'Heart Transplantation For Severe Angina?' — -- Question: Is heart transplantation an option for patients with severe angina not responding to other treatments?
A woman with hopes to conceive was diagnosed with severe vasospastic angina (VSA); however, she was able to carry a healthy baby to full term without angina attacks after starting treatment of a ...
Patients with more-severe physiologic lesions prior to PCI tend to get more symptomatic relief from the procedure, and larger improvements in fractional flow reserve (FFR) after stenting are ...
Pain in Hands and Feet: Mild pain in hands and feet can also be a sign of heart problems like angina, do not ignore it and know its symptoms. Pain in Hands and Feet : Often we ignore mild pain in ...