Category: General Cardiology

Unstable angina - risk stratification

Differential diagnosis of prolonged chest pain

Unstable angina - precipitating factors, prognostic indicators and pathogenesis

Apple-type and pear-type obesity: Marked adverse metabolic consequences are seen with central (android or apple-type), but rarely with gluteo-femoral (gynoid or pear-type) obesity.

Effects of statins on HDL cholesterol and triglycerides

Pleiotropic effects of statins: vasodilation, antithrombotic effects, antioxidant effects, antiproliferative effects, anti-inflammatory effects and atherosclerotic plaque stabilization.

Medical management of stable angina: Aims of treatment in the management of stable angina are the prevention of myocardial infarction and death and to minimise or abolish symptoms.

Syndrome X, specifically cardiac syndrome X is angina with normal coronary angiograms.

Vasospastic / variant angina is characterized by pain at rest (occasionally at exertion) an associated with ST elevation in ECG during the pain.

Canadian cardiovascular society classification of angina severity