Author : Alice P. Gallo
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Book Synopsis Angina Pectoris by : Alice P. Gallo
Download or read book Angina Pectoris written by Alice P. Gallo and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides up-to-date research on Angina pectoris, which is commonly known as angina, and is a chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and hence oxygen supply) of the heart muscle, generally due to obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries (the heart's blood vessels). Coronary artery disease, the main cause of angina, is due to atherosclerosis of the cardiac arteries. The term derives from the Greek ankhon (strangling) and the Latin pectus (chest), and can therefore be translated as a strangling feeling in the chest. It is common to equate severity of angina with risk of fatal cardiac events. There is a weak relationship between severity of pain and degree of oxygen deprivation in the heart muscle (i.e. there can be severe pain with little or no risk of a heart attack, and a heart attack can occur without pain).