You are a young doctor, and one of your first patients is a 60-year old man, with no previous medical history. During the last month he has had several attacks of suffocating chest pain, which began during physical labour and disappeared quickly after he stopped. He has not smoked for four years. His father and brother died of a heart attack. Apart from occasionally taking some aspirin he has not used any medication in the past year.
Auscultation reveals a murmur over the right carotid artery and the right femoral artery.
Physical examination reveals no other abnormalities. You are fairly sure of the diagnosis, angina pectoris, and explain the nature of this disease to him. You explain that the attacks are usually self-limiting, but that they can also be stopped by drugs. Well, that's exactly what I need. You consider prescribing Cordacor , because you have read something about it in an advertisement.