An abnormal or excessive fear of angina or of suffering from angina attacks.
From Latin 'angina' (strangling sensation) + Greek 'phobos' (fear). Psychological term combining cardiovascular and anxiety terminology to describe phobic response to chest pain conditions.
Some heart attack survivors develop such intense fear of having another attack that the anxiety itself triggers chest pain and breathing problems—it's a vicious cycle where the fear of angina actually creates angina-like symptoms, a phenomenon doctors call 'cardiac anxiety.'
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