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      Category : Health Centers > Coronary Artery Disease

Stable Angina

Alternate Names : Angina Pectoris

Stable Angina | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What can be done to prevent the condition?

A person may reduce the risk for developing stable angina by:

  • not smoking
  • lowering high blood pressure
  • controlling blood cholesterol
  • controlling diabetes
  • exercising regularly
  • eating a diet designed to minimize heart disease
  • What are the long-term effects of the condition?

    If untreated, atherosclerosis can lead to stable angina brought on by lower and lower levels of exertion. Unstable angina, a severe, progressive angina that medication cannot control, also can develop. Other long-term effects include congestive heart failure, heart attack, and arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

    What are the risks to others?

    Stable angina is not contagious and poses no risk to others.


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    Stable Angina: Treatment & Monitoring

    Author: William M. Boggs, MD
    Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
    Date Reviewed: 07/05/01



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