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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Park JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4351318 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Korean journal of internal medicine 20150227 2
In women receiving evaluation for suspected ischemic symptoms, a "normal" diagnosis is five times more common than it is in men. These women are often labeled as having cardiac syndrome X, also known as microvascular angina (MVA). MVA is defined as angina pectoris caused by abnormalities of the small coronary arteries, and is characterized by effort chest pain and evidence of myocardial ischemia with a non-invasive stress test, although the coronary arteries can appear normal or near normal by a ...[more]