Angina (patient information)

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What is Angina?

Angina is chest pain or discomfort you get when your heart muscle does not get enough blood. It may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. It may feel like indigestion. You may also feel pain in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw or back.

Angina is a symptom of coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common heart disease. CAD happens when a sticky substance called plaque builds up in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, reducing blood flow

What are symptom of Angina?

• chest pain
• feeling of chest pressure
• feeling of indigestion
• pain in shoulders,arms,jaw or back

Who is at risk of Angina?

Risk Factors You Can Change

• tobacco smoke
• high blood cholesterol
• depression
• weight:fat,body index of more than 28
• high blood pressure
• drinking too much alcohol

Risk Factors That You Cannot Change

• age: being older than 65 years or more
• gender: male
• heredity: having a history of cardiovascular diseases
• race: African Americans are at a higher risk
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