Chest Pain Caused by Coronary Artery Disease Angina is chest
pain caused by coronary artery disease (CAD). - This chest pain
comes and goes. - It usually lasts for about 10 minutes or less.
- It may feel like pressure or a squeezing pain in your chest. -
It can sometimes be mistaken for indigestion. - You may also
feel it in your shoulders, arms, neck, jaw or back. - Angina
pain can be triggered by exercise, stress, cold weather or
eating a large meal. - The pain tends to get worse with activity
and stop when you rest. Symptom of Myocardial Ischemia Angina is
not really a condition; it is a symptom of another condition
called myocardial ischemia, which occurs when the heart does not
get as much blood as it needs. Typically myocardial ischemia
occurs when the arteries supplying the heart with blood become
blocked or narrowed in a condition called coronary artery
disease (CAD). Artery blockage is most commonly caused by
buildup of fat and cholesterol known as plaque. When arteries
become clogged with plaque, it