Understanding angina
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Capital Health (N.S.). Heart Health Portfolio.
Halifax, NS:
Capital Health
, 2015.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0408
- Available Online
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This booklet explains angina and how you can help yourself. Angina is a discomfort in the chest caused by a temporary lack of oxygen to the heart muscle because a coronary artery is partially blocked. Topics in this booklet include: symptoms of angina, use of nitroglycerin, risk factors for coronary artery (heart) disease, how to reduce one’s risk factors for coronary artery (heart) disease, healthy eating, exercise and sexual activity. The French version of this pamphlet 1125, "Comprendre l’an…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Capital Health (N.S.). Heart Health Portfolio
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Capital Health
- Date of Publication
- 2015
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (32 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Angina pectoris
- Coronary Disease
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Angina pectoris
- Coronary heart disease--Patients--Rehabilitation
- Abstract
- This booklet explains angina and how you can help yourself. Angina is a discomfort in the chest caused by a temporary lack of oxygen to the heart muscle because a coronary artery is partially blocked. Topics in this booklet include: symptoms of angina, use of nitroglycerin, risk factors for coronary artery (heart) disease, how to reduce one’s risk factors for coronary artery (heart) disease, healthy eating, exercise and sexual activity. The French version of this pamphlet 1125, "Comprendre l’angine de poitrine", is also available.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Heart Health Portfolio
- Pamphlet Number
- 0408
