Josephine is a 55-year-old overweight woman who has a poordiet and does not exercise. One day while walking briskly, sheexperienced pain in her chest and down her left arm. Her doctortold her she was experiencing angina due to heart problems.Josephine asks you to explain what causes angina, and why shewas feeling pain in her arm even though the problem was withher heart. What do you tell her?
Josephine is a 55-year-old overweight woman who has a poordiet and does not exercise. One day while walking briskly, sheexperienced pain in her chest and down her left arm. Her doctortold her she was experiencing angina due to heart problems.Josephine asks you to explain what causes angina, and why shewas feeling pain in her arm even though the problem was withher heart. What do you tell her?
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Josephine is a 55-year-old overweight woman who has a poor
diet and does not exercise. One day while walking briskly, she
experienced pain in her chest and down her left arm. Her doctor
told her she was experiencing angina due to heart problems.
Josephine asks you to explain what causes angina, and why she
was feeling pain in her arm even though the problem was with
her heart. What do you tell her?
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