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Clinical Clues of Neuro-Humoral Interpretation of the Genesis of Coronary Spasm

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Abstract

In the last ten years the clinical angiographic documentation that large coronary vessels actively contract and relax and the evidence provided by hemodynamic monitoring that ischemic attack may not be preceded by any increase in myocardial oxygen demand, have challenged the traditional view of the mechanisms of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and sudden death.

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  1. Fisiologia Clinica, Istituto del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche presso l’Università degli Studi di Pisa, Via Savi, 8, Pisa, Italy

    A. L’abbate

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  1. Dept. of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    R. E. Ballieux

  2. Dept. of Gastroenterology, The Charitable Infirmary, Dublin, Ireland

    J. F. Fielding

  3. Dept. of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

    A. L’Abbate

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L’abbate, A. (1984). Clinical Clues of Neuro-Humoral Interpretation of the Genesis of Coronary Spasm. In: Ballieux, R.E., Fielding, J.F., L’Abbate, A. (eds) Breakdown in Human Adaptation to ‘Stress’. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3285-2_26

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