What Is Angina Pectoris?
7. Treating Angina Pectoris
When a patient is diagnosed with angina, a doctor will commonly prescribe medications that can help improve blood flow to the heart, like nitroglycerin and other nitrates. Other medications can treat the conditions that contribute to angina, like blood thinners to reduce clotting, beta-blockers to reduce blood pressure, or statins to improve cholesterol levels.
In some cases, your doctor might recommend a surgical procedure to help your angina. This might be a procedure like balloon angioplasty or insertion of a stent that widens the arteries. In more severe cases, coronary bypass surgery may be a better option. In coronary bypass surgery, surgeons use blood vessels taken from elsewhere in your body to create a new path for blood to flow to the heart, bypassing constricted arteries.
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