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2. Coronary artery disease - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), or ischemic heart disease (IHD), [13] is a type of heart disease involving the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to a build-up of atheromatous plaque in the arteries of the heart. [5] [6] [14] It is the most common of the cardiovascular diseases. [15]

3. Myocardial infarction - Wikipedia

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   Myocardial infarction; Other names: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart attack: A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, causing catastrophic thrombus formation, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream to the heart muscle.

4. Angina - Wikipedia

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   Unstable angina is a medical emergency and requires urgent medical treatment from a doctor. [5] It has at least one of these three features: [13] it occurs at rest (or with minimal exertion), usually lasting more than 10 minutes; it is severe and of new-onset (i.e., within the prior 4–6 weeks)

5. How To Tell If Your Chest Pain Is A Heart Problem - AOL

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6. Periods can be as painful as a heart attack [Video] - AOL

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   Medical experts are breaking down why some women are doubled over in pain when menstrual cramps hit each month, but say more research is needed. Periods can be as painful as a heart attack [Video ...

7. Levine's sign - Wikipedia

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   Levine's sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe ischemic chest pain. [1]It is named for Samuel A. Levine (1891–1966), an influential American cardiologist, who first observed that many patients with chest pain made this same sign to describe their symptoms.