Angina Pectoris

Alternate Name: Coronary artery disease

Test: ECG (N or AB), exercise ECG (AB), p02 (L), &cholesterol (N or H), S.triglycerides (N or H), Hb (L or N), S.glucose (N or L), Holter monitor (AB), coronary angiography (AB), coronary artery calci-fication on CT scan (+)

Sign:

Dd: Myocardial infarct, hiatus hernia, gastritis, peptic ulcer, oesophagitis, biliary disease, pleurisy, my- ositis, pericarditis, Tietze's syn., vertebral disease

Phys: Narrowed or diseased coronary arteries prevent sufficient blood, and thus oxygen, reaching the heart muscles