Acute chest pain due to reduced blood supply to heart muscles is called

Arrhythmias

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Congestive cardiac failure

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Angina pectoris

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Cardiac arrest

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Solution

The correct option is C
Angina pectoris

Arrhythmias are irregular rhythm in heart.

Congestive cardiac failure involves heart failure due to volume overload that the heart cannot handle.

Angina pectoris means chest pain. Caused due to partial obstruction to blood flow in one or more of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscles.

Cardiac arrest is cessation of functioning of the heart.

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(c) defective functioning of the mitral valve
(d) infection by a virus

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