an·gi·na

(ăn-jī′nə, ăn′jə-)

1. Angina pectoris.

2. A condition, such as severe sore throat, in which spasmodic attacks of suffocating pain occur.

[Latin, quinsy, from Greek ankhonē, a strangling; see angh- in Indo-European roots.]

an·gi′nal adj.

an′gi·nose′ (-jə-nōs′) adj.

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Adj.

anginal - of or related to the pain of angina pectoris

anginose, anginous

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anginal

adj anginoso

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Danshen is widely used in China as anti anginal medicine with excellent results.

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Subjects also answered questions in the diary, including anginal symptoms, their physical location each hour (at home in the retirement community or elsewhere), and moderate to strenuous physical exertion.

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On arrival, the patient was pale and diaphoretic, with blood pressure 105/70 mmHg and heart rate 86 bpm, but he had no anginal complaints.

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Matc Wallack, a surgical oncologist, a man who treats cancer patients and who has done original pioneer studies in melanoma vaccines, who ran marathons as a way of life and as an example to his patients, at age 54 suffers anginal pain while running.

Do Not Go Gentle

5 At least two anginal events in the prior 24 hours

Improving observation status in a hospital

Effects of ischemia on P wave dispersion and maximum P wave duration during spontaneous anginal episodes.

Evaluation of P wave and corrected QT dispersion in subarachnoid haemorrhage

Linus Pauling's high doses of vitamin C and lysine can rapidly reverse anginal pain, hypertension and claudication.

Blood transfusions are very dangerous

Frequently, patients who report myalgia actually are experiencing arthralgia, muscle strain, injury not stemming from statin therapy, or, on occasion, an anginal equivalent when complaining of chest, shoulder, or neck soreness/discomfort.

Commentary

with respect to Canadian Cardiovascular Society anginal class," the authors report, with 17.2% of the systematic group in class 2 or greater, versus 30.8% of the selective group.

In medium-to high-risk cardiac patients who need major vascular surgery, coronary angiography should be done routinely because it improves long-term outcomes, Italian researchers report in the September 8th issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Primary endpoint was the combined incidence of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, repeat angiography or re-admission because of anginal symptoms during the follow-up period.

Prognostic importance of cTnT and CK after elective angioplasty. Nienhuis, MB, Ottervanger JP, Dikkeschei B, et al. Int J Cardiol. 120:242-7, 2007

The differential diagnosis of anginal pain should include aortic dissection, pericarditis, myocarditis, acute pulmonary embolism, abdominal visceral disorders (peptic ulcer, biliary colic and pancreatitis) and musculoskeletal pain.

Unstable angina and non ST elevation acute coronary syndromes