Which of the following conditions involves severe chest pain caused by a deficiency of oxygen to the heart muscle?

A) congestive heart failure
B) myocardial infarction
C) angina pectoris
D) coronary artery disease


C) angina pectoris
Angina pectoris is severe chest pain caused by a deficiency of oxygen to the heart
muscle. Congestive heart failure is a pathological condition of the heart in which the heart is too
weak to efficiently pump blood. Myocardial infarction is a heart attack. Coronary artery disease
is insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle due to an obstruction of one or more coronary
arteries.

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