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Angina pectoris.

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(1)Angina pectoris is the pain the chest.It results from a reduction in blood supply to cardiac muscle due to narrowed and hardened aoronary arteries.(2)Atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis can cause this problem.Basically the coronary arteries are affected during angina pectoris.(3)It causes heaviness and severe pain in the chest.THe pain can also be felt at the neck,lower jaw,left jaw,left arm and left shoulder.(4)Angina pectoris often occurs during exertion,when the heart demands more oxygen and narrowed blood vessels cannot supply.It disappears with rest.
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