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The role of coronary vasospasm in the genesis of angina, postulated many years ago, has been recently documented both in resting angina [6, 8] and in some cases of angina on effort [14]. Conversely, the role of coronary vasospasm in the genesis of myocardial infarction (MI), although postulated and even demonstrated in some cases, is still unclear [9]. Therefore, to discuss the role of spasm at young age is difficult.
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L’Abbate, A. et al. (1981). Major Role of Coronary Spasm in the Pathogenesis of Myocardial Infarction at Young Age. In: Roskamm, H. (eds) Myocardial Infarction at Young Age. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68294-0_18
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