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anginaSevere pain in the chest due to impaired blood supply to the heart muscle because a coronary artery is narrowed. Faintness and difficulty in breathing accompany the pain. Treatment is by drugs such as nitroglycerin and amyl nitrate or bypass surgery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They also had no signs of abnormal response to exercise
such as pallor, cold sweat, or unusual heart rate response (ie, too
rapid an increase, failure to increase, or a decrease with exercise) and
had no symptoms of overexertion such as anginal response, no dyspnea, no
excessive fatigue, no mental confusion or dizziness, and no claudication
of the lower extremity.
DRG 127 Congestive Heart Failure
CHF frequently is precipitated by an acute anginal attack and if present
on admission and treated (such as Lasix or Lanoxin) may be sequenced
first. "Women have a high frequency of anginal pain that's not
associated with blockage of the coronary arteries," explains Bowman
Gray researcher Tom Clarkson. |
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