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PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO CONTROL ANGINA Angina, which is also known as angina pectoris, is the sensation of chest pain, pressure, or squeezing, often due to not enough blood flow to the heart muscle as a result of obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries.  Angina pectoris occurs due to anemia, abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. One of the main of causes of this is coronary artery disease, an atherosclerotic process affecting the arteries feeding the heart. Angina pectoris which is derived from the Latin word angere which means “to strangle" and pectus which means “chest", but when put together, it is translated as "a strangling feeling in the chest". Worsening angina, sudden-onset angina at rest, and angina lasting more than 15 minutes are symptoms of unstable angina (usually grouped with similar conditions as the acute coronary syndrome). As these may precede a heart attack, they require urgent medical attention and are, in general, treated i