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Silent Ischemia: The 1998 Status: New Observations on Triggers, Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Circadian Variations

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Since Heberden described the clinical picture of Angina Pectoris (“pain in the chest”) in 1772, but especially since Harrick clinched the connection between pain in the chest and myocardial ischemia, this symptom became inseparable from the diagnosis of angina pectoris. Later, ST-depression in the electrocardiogram during a spontaneous attack of chest pain or provoked by exercise, became for many decades the only confirmation of the diagnosis of angina pectoris.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine / Cardiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Hans-H. Osterhues  & Vinzenz Hombach  & 

  2. Medical Center, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Arthur J. Moss M.D. (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

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Stern, S. (2000). Silent Ischemia: The 1998 Status: New Observations on Triggers, Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Circadian Variations. In: Osterhues, HH., Hombach, V., Moss, A.J. (eds) Advances in Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Monitoring Techniques. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 229. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4090-4_23

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