Most patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic stable angina will obtain complete relief of symptoms with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, some chronic angina patients ...

(BPT) - For the 11 million Americans living with angina, chronic chest pain caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle can touch every aspect of daily life. 1 From relationships to careers and ...

Did this woman’s additional bouts of pain warrant emergent repeat of previously negative angiography? Ms. P, a 54-year-old African American with a known history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and ...

Ranolazine is an antianginal drug and a class V antiarrhythmic drug that is mainly used for the treatment of chronic angina. Ranolazine is also used off-label to treat certain arrhythmias, including ...

Causes of chest pain, some benign and some serious, include heart attack, angina, heartburn, infections, inflammation, and ...

Angina is chest discomfort that occurs when your heart isn’t receiving enough blood, usually due to a blockage in a coronary artery. A heart attack occurs when blood flow is severely reduced or cut ...

Muscle strains, chronic pain conditions, arthritis, or rib injuries may all cause musculoskeletal chest pain. Musculoskeletal chest pain is pain relating to the muscles, tissues, and bones in the ...

In January 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new antianginal agent for the treatment of chronic stable angina, ranolazine (Ranexa™; CV Therapeutics, Inc.). The drug, ...