Angina

Angina is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle doesn't get enough blood. Angina may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. The pain may also occur in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw, or back, or may feel like indigestion.

Follow the links below to find information about angina, angioplasty and angiography.

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa blockers for percutaneous coronary intervention and the initial treatment of non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Overall, the use of these drugs markedly reduced the risk of death or myocardial infarction at 30 days and 6 months in patients submitted to percutaneous coronary angioplasty or stent implantation. The results were similar for stable and for unstable pa...
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Angina pectoris and unstable angina
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and medication for angina pectoris and unstable angina conditions of the coronary arteries.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Chinese herbal medicine suxiao jiuxin wan for angina pectoris
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Angina pectoris is pain or discomfort within the chest, typically provoked by exertion or anxiety. Angina is a sign that someone is at increased risk of heart attack, cardiac arrest or sudden cardiac death. The aim of treatment for angina is to control ...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Tongxinluo (Tong xin luo or Tong-xin-luo) capsule for unstable angina pectoris
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The review authors systematically reviewed evidence from 18 randomised controlled trials for the benefit of tongxinluo with or without other treatments, including routine care or placebo, for patients with unstable angina. All the trials were conducted ...
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Puerarin injection for unstable angina pectoris
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The authors of this review found 20 trials, which altogether involved 1240 people with unstable angina. However, the authors could not come to a firm conclusion about the effectiveness of puerarin injections because these studies were of poor quality. N...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Heart conditions - angina
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Angina is chest pain caused by insufficient blood flow to the muscle of the heart. Angina may be a warning sign of an impending heart attack. Arteries which service the heart have become narrowed by fatty plaques, which reduces blood flow.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Angina
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Many heart attack sufferers will have experienced the warning sign known as angina.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Angina treatments
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Most angina medications either make the heart pump more slowly or improve blood flow to the heart.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Angina overview
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Angina is a common symptom of heart disease. Read about what causes it and how to manage angina attacks.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Trimetazidine for stable angina
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Angina, characterised by chest pain, is a manifestation of ischaemic heart disease. When the symptoms of angina are not adequately controlled by monotherapy with nitrates, beta blockers or calcium channel blockers, these drugs are used in combination, b...
Date:   Jun 2005
Title:   Heparin versus placebo for acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Blood clots in the arteries leading to the heart can cause acute coronary syndromes: unstable angina (a feeling of tightness in the chest) or a type of heart attack (non-ST segment myocardial infarction - NSTEMI). Drugs that prevent clots from forming (...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Heart conditions - angina - Q & A
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A range of questions on angina. Our experts provide the answers.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Management of the acute coronary syndromes
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Patients with acute coronary syndromes may be divided into those who have had a myocardial infarction with ST elevation on their ECG, and those without ST elevation.
Date:   Jun 2001
Title:   Diabetes and your heart
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   People with diabetes are often unaware that they may have narrowed blood vessels in the heart until they block completely, causing a heart attack.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Acute Coronary Syndromes
Publisher:   National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   A 2007 Addendum to the 2006 Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) guidelines (Heart Foundation and CSANZ) has been published in the Medical Journal of Australia on 3 March 2008. The Addendum provides information from recently published trials to be considered in the choice of therapies for the management of ACS.
Date:   Apr 2006
Title:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1999
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1999 provides details of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as performed in Australia in 1999. The report provides information on patterns and trends in the use of the technique, its indications, complications and success rates, and monitors the uptake of stenting, atherectomy and laser angioplasty.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1995
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   Report providing details of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as performed in Australia in 1995. It provides information on patterns and trends in the use of the technique, its indications, complications and success rates, and monitors the uptake of stenting, atherectomy and laser angioplasty.
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1998
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1998 provides details of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) performed in Australia in 1998. It covers patterns and trends in the use of the technique, as well as in its indications, complications and success rates. Comparison is generally made with 1996, the most recent year for which detailed data are available.
Date:   Jun 2001
Title:   Coronary angioplasty in Australia 1996
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,National Heart Foundation of Australia
Description:   This report provides details of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) as performed in Australia in 1996. It is the only national compilation of information on all PTCA procedures performed in that year and is based on data supplied directly by cardiology units.
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   Intracranial angioplasty and stenting (WingSpan")
Publisher:   Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:   ASERNIP-S has performed a prioritising summary on intracranial angioplasty and stenting (WingSpan").
Date:   Jun 2006
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