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The difference between heart attack and angina pectoris


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Myocardial infarction generally refers to acute myocardial infarction. The differences between acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris usually include different causes, different symptoms and different treatments. The specific conditions are as follows:
1. Different
causes of acute myocardial infarction usually include coronary artery spasm, respiratory failure, coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, etc. The causes of angina pectoris usually include increased heart rate, arterial stenosis, reduced blood flow, etc.
2. Different
symptoms of acute myocardial infarction usually include chest tightness, shortness of breath, dyspnea, shock, etc. The symptoms of angina pectoris usually include pre-angina burning, chest pain, syncope, etc.
3. Treatment of
patients with more severe acute myocardial infarction can be treated by surgery, commonly used surgical methods include percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass grafting, etc. Angina pectoris is usually treated mainly by drugs, commonly used drugs usually include vitamin C for injection, creatine phosphate sodium for injection, coenzyme Q10 capsules, etc.