What exactly is optimal medical therapy (OMT) for angina relief? And how long should doctors prescribe it before proceeding to an invasive approach in symptomatic patients with stable ischemic heart ...

When we experience chest pain, the first question that often leaps to mind is Am I having a heart attack? The good news: Many different conditions can cause minor chest pain that aren't cause for ...

Reduced blood flow to the heart is usually caused by fatty deposits, or plaques, within the arteries supplying blood and nutrients directly to the heart. This is also known as coronary artery disease.

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress cardiac stress MRI testing to measure blood flow around the heart appears to ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have received a $3.12 million National Institutes of Health grant to study whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain caused by stable angina.

When a robust man suddenly drops dead and the newspapers report “heart failure,” the probability is that he died during an attack of angina pectoris. If he had gone to his doctor the day before, the ...