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Prinzmetal angina

Prinzmetal angina

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Is a type of:

Chest pain • Chest pain or discomfort

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Chest

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Prinzmetal angina
Diltiazem
3.8
10 reviews
Nifedipine
3.1
8 reviews
Procardia
Cartia XT
Nifedical XL

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When stressed I get chest pain going to left arm and neck. Had echo, echo, stress test all clear. I'm 25, could this be prinzmetal angina?

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For chest pain/possible coronary artery vasospasms/Prinzmetal angina... How long does it take for Diltiazem to ease the pain?

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A ekg from my Apple Watch shows normal sinus rhythm but I feel a heart skip and catch up and it did show something on the strip? It looks like a Prinzmetal angina But not sure heart rate is 71 and bp was 134/76? I do have a photo of the occurrence?

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What is prinzmetals angina?

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Can beta blocker be taken for prinzmetals angina if an alpha blocker is added, so there isnt any vasospasm potential? Want off my CCB (side effects)

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How to differentiate from esophageal spasm/gerd and Prinzmetal's angina? waiting for testing but get burning squeezing pain in center of chest. sometimes into my back and arm, but also have burning in stomach. ecg and troponin normal but crp high?

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How do you get angina?

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Can teenagers develop angina?

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What are some of the risk factors for getting Angina?

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I'm just wondering, if you have angina would you feel discomfort all the time?

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What is unstable angina?

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Can you describe microvascular angina?

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Would angina increase troponins? Not an actual MI?

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