anginal pain

He felt the anginal pain, brought on by the pressure of what he knew was coming, build up across his chest.

Less than ordinary physical activity causes fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea, or anginal pain."

Apart from chest discomfort, anginal pains may also be experienced in the epigastrium (upper central abdomen), back, neck area, jaw, or shoulders.

This reduces the oxygen requirement of the myocardium and subsequently lessens the anginal pain felt with myocardial ischemia.

For example the use of nitrates can reduce anginal pain by dilating the coronary arteries and thus reducing the ischemia causing the pain.

Sri Kantha, S. Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains and premature death?