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Angina

Angina, or angina pectoris, is chest discomfort caused by myocardial ischemia, a temporary imbalance between the heart muscle's demand for oxygen and the supply delivered through the coronary arteries. It is most often a symptom of underlying coronary artery disease, in which atherosclerotic narrowing limits blood f…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 24× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Angina, or angina pectoris, is chest discomfort caused by myocardial ischemia, a temporary imbalance between the heart muscle's demand for oxygen and the supply delivered through the coronary arteries. It is most often a symptom of underlying coronary artery disease, in which atherosclerotic narrowing limits blood flow. The discomfort is typically experienced as pressure, squeezing, tightness, or heaviness in the chest and may radiate to the arms, shoulders, neck, jaw, or back. Angina is classified by its clinical pattern: stable angina is provoked predictably by exertion, emotional stress, or other increases in cardiac workload and relieved by rest or nitrates, whereas unstable angina occurs at rest or with escalating frequency and severity and represents an acute coronary syndrome requiring urgent evaluation. Diagnostic assessment integrates the clinical history with electrocardiography, including localization of the culprit artery from admission tracings, stress testing, echocardiography, and coronary imaging to define the extent of disease, whether single-vessel or multivessel. Management addresses both symptom relief and the underlying atherosclerotic process through risk-factor modification, antianginal and antithrombotic medications, and revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention or surgery when indicated. Because angina signals compromised coronary perfusion and predicts cardiovascular events, its recognition, characterization, and treatment are central to cardiology and to the prevention of myocardial infarction and other ischemic complications.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 24 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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