ANGINA PECTORIS AND THYROTOXICOSIS

Angina pectoris and thyrotoxicosis.

The effects of thyrotoxicosis on the cardiovascular system are well recognized and some are very prominent. Symptoms ascribable to the overaction of the heart such as dyspncea, palpitation, tachycardia, irregularity of the heart, dizziness, and prxcordial pain have been encountered in as many as 80 per cent of a series of 148 cases of thyrotoxicosis (Burnett and Durbin, 1932). The pathological ...

Thyrotoxicosis and lactate-producing angina pectoris with normal coronary arteries.

Three patients with thyrotoxicosis are described, in whom the presenting symptom was severe cardiac pain at rest or on effort and who were admitted to hospital with suspected or proven myocardial infarction. All patients were studied by selective coronary arteriography and left ventriculography after thyroid function tests which confirmed thyrotoxicosis. There was no demonstrable disease of the...

Angina pectoris.

Anticardiolipin and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Iraqi Patients with Angina Pectoris

Thyrotoxicosis-induced vasospastic angina.