Angina Pectoris - A general practice review: Part I

Abstract

The author highlights certain aspects of angina pectoris after a series of workshops on this subject. The GP needs to diagnose carefully stable and unstable angina pectoris, two different conditions, and refer the latter. The different actions of the three calcium antagonists must be recognised as well as the limits of the drugs and their interactions. He discusses the perspective of risj factors and concludes with a section on silent myocardial ischaemia.