When the angina patient seemed to be stable he too was transported to an ambulance to be taken to hospital so that he could rest and fully recover from his attack.

Ranolazine may now be used as part of a medical therapy regimen for chronic angina patients, regardless of whether or not they receive a stent or other medical intervention.

At the same time, cardiologists have realized that such treatments, while effective at alleviating chest pain, do not reduce the risk of heart attacks for most stable angina patients.

For unstable angina patients and a minority of stable angina patients with certain types of artery blockage, such interventions can be lifesaving.

In angina patients who are momentarily not feeling any one chest pain, an electrocardiogram (ECG) is typically normal, unless there have been other cardiac problems in the past.

Those findings have led cardiologists and their angina patients to consider other options in some cases - whether bypass surgery, using older bare-metal stents, or relying entirely on drug therapy.

The makers concede that no significant studies suggest chronic angina patients live longer or have fewer heart attacks with the newer stents.

Nitrolingual pumpspray is a piece of medical equipment used by angina patients.

There are also reports that mildronate may improve the exercise tolerance of stable angina patients.

The costs for these drugs were weighted based on reported proportions of angina patients using them [ 54 59 63 ] .