What is fascinating about the human body is that despite all its complexities it still manages to identify the smallest of deviations in its regular functioning and signal any issues in the form of symptoms. Be it simpler, more familiar ones like sore throat, runny nose for a cold or more complex ones like angina. This is an unignorable chest pain that results from reduced blood flow to the heart.
 

The chest pain that accompanies angina is the heart signalling the patient that it needs help and support. It’s an alarm for the patient to pay attention to what's happening inside, take control, and manage the condition to avoid more serious complications.

What is Angina and what causes stable angina?
 

Angina is commonly an initial manifestation of coronary artery diseases. Identification and intervention of Angina can reduce the risk of more serious cardiac issues in the future. There are two types of Anginal pain - one is a chronic stable kind, and the other is unstable Angina.
 

Stable Angina is also known as angina pectoris and is the most common type of Angina. It’s a predictable pattern of chest pain, often triggered because of a strenuous physical activity or mental stress. Identifying this type of Angina helps manage the condition and its symptoms better.

Stable Angina develops when your heart muscles do not receive the oxygen they need to function well. The heart works hard when you exercise or undergo any stress.  Various factors such as narrowing of the arteries, also known as atherosclerosis, are responsible for this condition because of the hardening of arteries with plaque (combination of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances), that constricts blood flow.