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Typical angina is associated with greater coronary endothelial dysfunction but not abnormal vasodilatory reserve.
Clinical cardiology - 1 Oct 2017
AlBadri Ahmed, Leong Derek, Bairey Merz C Noel, Wei Janet, Handberg Eileen M, Shufelt Chrisandra L, Mehta Puja K, Nelson Michael D, Thomson Louise E, Berman Daniel S, Shaw Leslee J, Cook-Wiens Galen, Pepine Carl J
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BACKGROUND: Typical angina (TA) is defined as substernal chest pain precipitated by physical exertion or emotional stress and relieved with rest or nitroglycerin. Women and elderly patients are usually have atypical symptoms both at rest and during stress, often in the setting of nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). HYPOTHESIS: To further understand this, we performed subgroup analysis comparing subjects...
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