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Go to the Hospital if You Have: |
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Sudden crushing or squeezing chest pain
Pain radiating to the jaw and left arm
Sudden pain radiating to the back
Chest palpitations plus shortness of breath, nausea, sweating or dizziness
If your angina medication is not relieving your chest pain
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Prevention
Cholesterol is the main component of plaques that build up on blood vessel walls. Studies show that maintaining normal cholesterol helps prevent angina (chest pain) and heart attack. Both are the result of plaque build-up in arteries.
High blood pressure, smoking, obesity and diabetes are separate risks for heart disease that can also be reduced through diet, exercise and medications.
This article was reviewed and updated June 2007.
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