nor do patients with serious cerebrovascular disease or hypersensitive carotid sinuses. On the other hand, those with long standing incapacitating angina in whom a significant increase in exercise ...

Chest pain, often mistaken for a heart attack, can also be a sign of a less severe condition, if properly managed. It is ...

Other causes of pleuritic chest pain include: Certain cancers Chest injury Lupus, in which your immune system mistakenly attacks its healthy cells Rheumatoid arthritis, or an inflammatory disease ...

But in most people who have had PAD, angina, stroke, or a heart attack, arteriosclerosis and blood clots are the underlying problem. "You have to know that this is a systemic disease," says Ross.

angina frequency extended from 33.3 ± 0.7 to 55.6 ± 0.8, treatment satisfaction increased from 62.3 ± 0.7 to 77.4 ± 0.5, and disease perception improved from 36.7 ± 0.6 to 55.5 ± 0.7 ...

One-third of patients had proximal disease of the left anterior descending artery. Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) class II or III angina was present in 58% of patients at study entry.