The men are with a higher risk of heart attack than women. Located in a so-called strong sex before angina, heart attack risk is twice as high. Moreover, the risk of men at the heart of the disease to die, three times as high as in women. That has now an Irish-British-patient study.

Angina pectoris (synonym: Stenokardie, German: Brustenge) is a seizure-like narrowness in the chest.

What is angina?
In angina pectoris (Herzenge) refers to the complaints that result from disease caused of the coronary vessels (coronary heart disease). The coronary vessels are constricted and lead to a temporary supply-reducing myocardial oxygen and nutrients (mainly triggered during physical exertion, stress, cold, excessive eating).