How to Use angina in a Sentence

angina

noun
  • The drug is used to treat angina, a condition that causes severe pain in the chest.
    — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That finding suggests that people prone to angina might want to opt for a procedure.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Such risks range from a heart attack and coronary artery surgery to angina and angioplasty.
    — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Where the procedures did outshine drugs was in reducing chest pain, or angina.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Some people with angina also experience pain in one or both arms, as well as their shoulders, jaw, neck, or back.
    — Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Others help manage angina and its underlying causes in the long term.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 July 2024
  • In this case, the doctor seemed to go with the flow and parlay the mentioning of angina further into the discourse.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Researchers said the study doesn't mean that patients with angina should never undergo the procedure.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • But its recent ructions might offer a glimpse of its eventual demise, the way bouts of angina can foreshadow a heart attack.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Ludwig’s angina is a type of cellulitis (deep skin infection) that develops under the tongue and in the neck.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But frequently angioplasty is used mainly to relieve chest pain, or angina.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Nov. 2023
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, angina is chest pain that occurs when blood flow to the heart is restricted.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Stenting and bypass procedures, however, did help some patients with intractable chest pain, called angina.
    — Gina Kolata, SFChronicle.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain.
    — Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Her mother has Parkinson’s and dementia, and her father has diabetes and angina.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • People who are taking nitrates, such as GTN for angina (chest pain), should avoid using sildenafil.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • These unprovoked, spontaneous spasms comprise about 2 percent of all cases of angina.
    — H Lee Kagan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Thousands of studies have linked hypertension in adults to heart attack, stroke, angina and peripheral artery disease.
    — Carrie Arnold, Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Signs of the condition include having angina, or chest pain, feeling weak, dizzy or sick to your stomach, or experiencing shortness of breath.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 Feb. 2023
  • One out of five patients who had daily or weekly chest pain became angina-free within one year with drug therapy, but that rose to one out of two with the invasive strategy.
    — Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2020
  • There is no question that statins can protect the health of people who have already had a heart attack or stroke (or even angina) and thus face a significant risk of a recurrence that could prove fatal.
    — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Meanwhile, clinicians look for symptoms of angina (intense chest pain) and dyspnea, which refers to breathing difficulties.
    — Outside, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This can potentially reduce symptoms of conditions such as chronic angina (chest pain that occurs when your heart needs more oxygen) and congestive heart failure.
    — Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Health, 19 July 2024
  • Nitrates are commonly taken to prevent angina, limit the number of angina attacks, relieve the pain of a current attack, or treat the symptoms of heart failure.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Ironically, most medical articles about Ludwig’s angina are now authored in low-income countries as opposed to rich ones like ours.
    — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2018
  • But the drug is typically prescribed for angina and other serious heart ailments, not the kind of conditions an elite athlete typically suffers from.
    — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, 18 May 2017
  • Many people who suffer from exertional angina are now sitting at home rather than climbing the subway stairs every day, and the threshold of discomfort that would drive them to seek care is likely far higher.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Nitrates Nitrates treat chest pain (angina), heart failure, and other cardiovascular diseases.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Hackman, who was largely out of the spotlight in the last two decades, underwent an angioplasty procedure in 1990 after a spell of angina.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
  • In April, Larry suffered angina and underwent an angioplasty.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 17 Sep. 2019

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