Author: Glossary
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Anginophobia
Morbid fear of an attack of angina pectoris.
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Anginoid
Resembling angina, especially angina pectoris.
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Anginal equivalent
The occasional idiosyncratic signs and symptoms that patients may experience during coronary ischemia or myocardial infarction. Although the most common of these are breathlessness, isolated arm, neck, jaw, or shoulder pain, sweating, syncope, or nausea and vomiting, patients may also have anxiety, elevated heart rate, or palpitations. Older patients may show changes in mental status.…
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Variant angina
Chest pain that results from the spasm of coronary arteries rather than from exertion or other increased demands on the heart. The pain typically occurs at rest. During coronary catheterization the spasm is usually found near an atherosclerotic plaque, often in the right coronary artery. Infusions of ergonovine may provoke it. On the electrocardiogram, the…
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Silent angina
Unrecognized angina pectoris (i.e., coronary insufficiency that presents with symptoms other than chest pain or pressure). The patient may experience dyspnea on exertion, heartburn, nausea, arm pain, or other atypical symptoms. Silent angina pectoris occurs most often in older adults, in women, in postoperative patients who are heavily medicated, or in patients with diabetic neuropathy.…
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Preinfarction angina
Angina pectoris occurring in the days or weeks before a myocardial infarction. The symptoms may be unrecognized by patients without a history of coronary artery disease.
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Angina of effort
Angina pectoris with onset during exercise.
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Angina decubitus
Attacks of angina pectoris occurring while a person is in a recumbent position.
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Abdominal angina
Abdominal pain that occurs after meals, caused by insufficient blood flow to the mesenteric arteries. This symptom typically occurs in patients with extensive atherosclerotic vascular disease and is often associated with significant weight loss.
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Angiemphraxis
Obstruction of a vessel.