A 55-year-old woman presents with complaints of chest pain. She states that the chest pain predictably occurs when she climbs four flights of stairs to reach her apament or when she has been jogging for more than 10 minutes. She is paicularly concerned because her mother died of a myocardial infarction at 50 years of age. Which of the following best describes this patient's state?

This is a classic case of stable angina, which is chest pain that is precipitated by exeion but relieved by rest. Stable angina is due to atherosclerosis of the coronary aeries. This patient has risk factors for ischemic hea disease (IHD) (e.g., cigarette smoking, hypeension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, family history of IHD/coronary aery disease). Prinzmetal angina is intermittent chest pain at rest and unstable angina is prolonged chest pain at rest.