BECAUSE angina pectoris is a consequence of inadequate myocardial oxygenation, ideal therapy for this incapacitating symptom would be directed toward both increasing coronary blood flow and decreasing ...

For more than 130 years, doctors have prescribed nitroglycerin for relief of chest pain without a clear knowledge of how it actually worked. Now, not only have researchers from Howard Hughes Medical ...

Ranolazine reduced episodes of stable angina in diabetes patients already receiving one or two antianginal drugs and led to less use of sublingual nitroglycerin, and the benefits appeared more ...

THE earliest description of angina pectoris, that of Heberden 1 in 1786, refers to "the relief afforded by wine and spirituous cordials." Since then alcoholic beverages have frequently been ...

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) affects the coronary arteries, which deliver blood to the myocardium. CAD symptoms include stable angina, reviewed here, and acute coronary syndromes (ACS ...

Only 30 years ago the diagnosis of angina pectoris “was tantamount to the issuance of a death warrant.” Today the panic associated with it has gone, and after 30 more years medical science may have ...

When a patient presents with chest pain, follow this doctor’s guidelines to quickly reach an accurate diagnosis and initiate life-saving treatment. For some time, cardiologists have called MIs and ...

Nitrolingual Pumpspray should not be used if you are allergic to nitroglycerin or if you are using medications for erectile dysfunction such as avanafil, sildenafil, vardenafil, or tadalafil. Using ...

Rising prevalence of cardiovascular ailments around the world have led to significant developments in cardiac treatments. Among those, heightening adoption of nitroglycerin sprays is touted as one of ...

October 21, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) — Nitroglycerin applied topically increases bone formation and reduces bone resorption in women with osteopenia, and it might prove to be an effective and ...