In this paper, the TCM syndromes of angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease were comprehensively reviewed. This research mainly summarized different understandings of angina pectoris due to the coronary heart disease from the traditional medicine literature research, the modern medical literature research and the modern medicine and multi-orientation studies about TCM syndromes on etc. It may provide a basis for the quantification of clinical signs and symptoms, the establishment of the measuring and diagnostic tables for coronary heart disease angina pectoris, the standardization of common TCM syndromes and quantification of research methods. It may open up a new way for the establishment of the traditional Chinese medicine syndrome diagnosis model for angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease and to realization of the quantitative diagnosis for angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease.