This condition affects more than 10 million Americans with associated costs of tens of billions of dollars. The most common manifestation of this disease is chronic stable angina, a form of chest pain that causes discomfort in the chest, jaw, shoulder, back or arm and is typically aggravated by exertion or emotional stress.
Stable angina has a predictable pattern for a prolonged time.
Vitamin E and Vitamin C therapy have not yet been proven. Chelation therapy, garlic and acupuncture are not effective and in some cases may be potentially harmful. Use of electron beam computed tomography has not been clearly demonstrated to be a beneficial diagnostic technique.