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angina

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All three are used for patients with angina, to improve blood flow and enhance function of the heart when it lacks oxygen.

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TMZ is prescribed to treat angina, because it can help increase blood flow to the heart and help the heart to work more efficiently.

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ITA reported that Valieva tested positive for a heart drug normally prescribed to treat angina, but that athletes have used to improve blood flow and endurance to allow them to train longer.

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In the early 1990s, scientists looking to treat high blood pressure and angina began testing Sildenafil, a drug that works by increasing blood flow to targeted areas.

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Vincent's angina is a chronic pseudomembranous and ulcerative inflammation of pharynx and tonsils.

In pseudo-angina, frequently observed in hysterical women, its action is all that can be desired.

It was the first positive manifestation of the angina which eventually would take him from us.

It is a curious malady—that angina; even the doctors are acquainted with its manifestations, rather than its cause.

Arnold died of a disease of the heart, which physicians have named by the expressive words "angina pectoris."

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to angina, such as: congestive heart failure, cardiac infarction, congenital heart disease, coronary thrombosis, ischemic heart disease, and myocardial infarction.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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