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Stable Angina

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Myocardial ischemia results from an imbalance of oxygen supply and oxygen demand. Traditionally, myocardial ischemia has been differentiated in terms of the acuity and stability of the symptoms. Typical angina is exertional, and is relieved promptly by rest or nitroglycerin. Stable angina occurs reproducibly with a similar level of exertion, in a pattern that is unchanged over the last 6 months. In 2006, despite therapeutic advances, 9.8 million patients had angina in the United States [1]. New, worsening, or rest symptoms, and chest pain associated with elevated cardiac enzymes, fall under the category of the acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina, ST- and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) and is discussed in the appropriate chapter.

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Hollenberg, S., Heitner, S. (2012). Stable Angina. In: Cardiology in Family Practice. Current Clinical Practice, vol 1. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-385-1_1

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