NIFEDIPINE IN THE TREATMENT OF LIFE THREATENING PRINZMETAL ANGINA

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作者
CAMPBELL, TJ [1 ]
HICKIE, JB [1 ]
MICHELL, G [1 ]
OROURKE, MF [1 ]
机构
[1] ST VINCENTS HOSP,DEPT CARDIOL,MED PROF UNIT,DARLINGHURST 2010,NEW S WALES,AUSTRALIA
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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 1979年 / 9卷 / 03期
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10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04141.x
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Summary: Nifedipine is a non‐nitrate vasodilator which has proved effective, in oral form, in Europe1, Japan2, and the USA3for treatment of Prinzmetal Angina. The drug has not been used before in Australia. We report a patient with Prinzmetal's variant angina, complicated by recurrent syncopal episodes due to ventricular arrhythmias. The attacks were resistant to standard therapy except sublingual nitro‐glycerin but ceased completely during treatment with nifedipine. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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