1. Sophia has unstable angina and is refusing surgery from which she might benefit. 2. Another major study presented Wednesday cemented the value of prescribing drugs for men and women who already have had a heart attack or hospital admission for unstable angina. 3. Acute coronary syndrome is a life-threatening condition that doctors also call unstable angina and non-q wave myocardial infarction, or a mild heart attack. 4. Clots in the coronary arteries cause unstable angina. 5. Cor is also studying the drug for use in patients with unstable angina, or severe chest pain, and heart attack patients. 6. Cor is developing Integrelin to treat acute cardiovascular disorders such as complications following angioplasty, unstable angina and heart attacks. 7. Doctors normally call such pain unstable angina. 8. In that study, Revasc was found to cause a reduction in death and heart attack in patients with unstable angina when compared with heparin. 9. In the study described Friday, in the journal Circulation, researchers compared aspirin with high and low intravenous doses of Integrelin in patients hospitalized for unstable angina. 10. She and her colleagues cautioned that men taking nitrate drugs for such heart conditions as unstable angina should not use Viagra. |