The various angina treatments available do one of three things: they ease the pain experienced during an angina attack, they help prevent future angina attacks, or they limit further fatty deposits from forming in the coronary arteries, thereby reducing the risk of a heart attack.
Treatment for angina can be split into two groups: drug treatment, and surgical intervention.
Drug treatment
Long-term prevention of symptoms
Several medicines can be used to prevent pain from angina. These medicines can be
taken on their own or in combination with each other, depending on your doctor’s
prescription:
Prevention of worsening coronary heart disease
Several drugs can be used to help prevent coronary heart disease and associated
angina symptoms from worsening:
Surgery
In severe cases of angina where medication doesn’t control its symptoms, or where
there are multiple narrowed arteries, surgery may be recommended.
1 Surgery recommendations depend on the location of the coronary
artery blockage and therefore may not be suitable in all cases. The two most common
surgeries for angina are:
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