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Angina Pectoris: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Overview: Angina pectoris (AP) represents the clinical syndrome occurring when myocardial oxygen demand exceeds supply. The term is derived from Latin; the literal meaning is the choking of the chest; angere, meaning to choke and pectus, meaning ...

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Tags: Heart Disease, Angina, Emergency, Choking, Thrombotic Event, Disease and Condition, Emergency Medicine

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Obtaining a prehospital ECG is becoming more prevalent with patients who present to the ED with angina pectoris: http://bit.ly/fSGjbD

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