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It is estimated that 3 to 4 million people in North America suffer from angina pectoris and 1 million people each year make a myocardial infarction due to severe angina pectoris. More cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death among women. According to the Canadian Foundation for heart disease, nearly 40,000 women die each year as a result of a heart attack is 10 times more than deaths from breast cancer.

What is angina?

Angina pectoris is a cardiovascular problem manifested by chest pain as a sensation of heaviness or compression to the chest. When angina is severe pain may spread to the left shoulder, along the forearm, back and also neck and jaw.

What explains the pain during an attack of angina pectoris?

Pain, discomfort and symptoms that are experienced when there is angina occur because of narrowed coronary arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. So, when the heart muscle not receiving enough blood and oxygen to “cause the narrowing and clogging of coronary arteries, the angina occurs.

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