Refractory chronic stable angina-now what?
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Chronic Stable Angina
N Engl J Med 2005;352:2524-33. Copyright © 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 47-year-old man reports a six-month history of intermittent chest discomfort while playing squash. He describes lower substernal tightness with numbness of the left upper arm only during exertion. He does not smoke. His father died suddenly at the age of 49 years. His blood pressure is 138/84 mm Hg. The level of to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0160-9289
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960270701