Angina Pectoris in the Yahoo! Directory

American Heart Association: What is Angina Pectoris?
Answers what causes angina pectoris, when angina often occurs, as well as the differences between stable, unstable, and variant angina pectoris.
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4472
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: What Is Angina?
Provides a profile of angina pectoris, the chest pain or discomfort that occurs when your heart muscle does not get enough blood. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute describes the differences between stable, unstable, and variant angina, including information on signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and other names for angina.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Angina/Angina_WhatIs.html
Wikipedia: Angina Pectoris
Provides a hyperlinked overview of angina pectoris -- chest pain due to oxygen shortage in the heart -- with information on pathophysiology, epidemiology, symptoms, and treatments.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angina
MedicineNet.com: Chest Pain Due to Angina and Other Causes
Contains an article on angina pectoris and the causes, symptoms, and treatment options for the chest discomfort that occurs when the heart muscle does not get enough blood oxygen.
www.medicinenet.com/angina/article.htm
Heart Attack and Angina
Describes the differences in symptoms between the two conditions and provides information on treatments for both heart attacks and angina pectoris. Published by the American Heart Association.
www.medhelp.org/lib/attackan.htm
MedlinePlus: Angina
Encyclopedic reference page about angina pectoris, with common causes, considerations, alternative names, and illustrations of the heart.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001107.htm
Angina Pectoris
Features a description and illustration of angina pectoris, as well as information on the incidence, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the chest pain that occurs when the heart does not receive the oxygen in needs. Also includes data and analysis of mortality rates, triggering events, and risks associated with angina pectoris. From the Medical University of South Carolina.
www.musc.edu/bmt737/spring2001/Kate/angina2.html
Lab Tests Online: Angina Pectoris
Presents information about the goal of testing for angina, which is to distinguish between chest pain that is not heart-related and that is due to a heart attack. Also defines angina pectoris and its symptoms, triggers, and treatments.
www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/angina.html
Merck: Angina Pectoris
Includes the etiology, pathology, symptoms and signs, diagnosis, and treatment options for stable, unstable, and variant angina. Merck: Angina Pectoris also features information about syndrome X and associated risk factors.
www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section16/chapter202/202c.jsp
familydoctor.org: Angina and Heart Disease
Answers questions about angina pectoris and heart disease, including which tests do doctors perform during treatment, how can heart disease be prevented, and is surgery necessary?
familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/heartdisease/basics/233.html
MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials: Angina
Contains multimedia tutorials using Flash that explain how and why angina pectoris occurs, and what you can do to prevent it. Also provides a text version in .pdf format.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/angina/htm/index.htm