Learn about vasospasm—a sudden artery narrowing that can affect the brain, heart, and extremities. Explore its causes, symptoms, and effective treatments.

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The diagnostic criteria include: (1) symptoms of myocardial ischemia such as angina pectoris or shortness of breath; (2) coronary angiography showing normal or narrow coronary arteries <50%; (3) ...

Despite the wealth of treatments available for the management of angina pectoris, a significant proportion of patients remain refractory. These patients seem to be survivors, so that an individual ...

Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and left ventricular stroke work were measured during a 10-min period of atrial pacing in 10 normal subjects and 30 patients with coronary artery disease. The ...

Angina pectoris is a common clinical manifestation of CHD caused by an insufficient coronary blood supply, resulting in myocardial ischemia. Patients typically report symptoms such as pressure, ...

The graded exercise test, using 85 per cent of the maximal age-predicted heart rate that may be induced by exercise, produces a closer approximation of a standardized cardiac stress, regardless of age ...

Objective: To assess the clinical efficacy, safety and effects on quality of life of trimetazidine modified release (MR) in patients with stable angina. Methods: This large, open-label ...

Patients and Methods This large open-label study was conducted by cardiologists, in ten regions of Russia, in patients with stable angina diagnosed at least 6 months previously and with an average ...

Angina can cause a feeling of tightness or squeezing in your chest; the pain may radiate to your arms, neck, back, shoulders, or jaw. Angina is caused by narrowing of the arteries, which can ...

Objectives The use of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease in vasospastic angina (VSA) patients without significant stenosis has yet to be investigated. This study aimed to investigate the ...

Background The influence of social relationships on morbidity is widely accepted, but the size of the risk to cardiovascular health is unclear. Objective We undertook a systematic review and ...