Is angina life-threatening?
Angina signals heart disease, the number one killer. Two to four percent of people with angina die from heart disease. Nearly seven million people in the United States suffer with angina pectoris. An estimated 350,000 new cases occur each year. Of this number, approximately one million will have invasive procedures; six million patients who are maintained on drug therapy live in varying degrees of discomfort. Angina is frequently crippling and disabling; patients are unable to live normal lives.
