Angina Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Angina treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Angina
Treatments for angina include:
Medications
- Nitroglycerin-usually given during an attack of angina as a tablet that dissolves under the tongue or as a spray
- Longer-lasting types may be used to prevent angina before an activity. May be given as pills, or applied as patches or ointments.
- Blood thinners-a small, daily dose of aspirin has been shown to decrease the risk of heart attack
- Some may benefit from the addition of warfarin (eg coumadin). There is an increased risk of bleeding with this drug.
- Talk to your doctor before taking aspirin daily or warfarin.
- Beta-blockers and calcium-channel blockers-may reduce the occurrence of angina
- Cholesterol-lowering medications-may prevent the progression of CAD; may even improve existing CAD
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)-lower blood pressure and decrease the workload on the heart
Surgery
Patients with severe angina or unstable, progressing angina may benefit from:
- Coronary artery bypass graft -uses arteries from other areas of your body to bypass blocked heart arteries
- Coronary angioplasty -uses a balloon to open blocked arteries
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