Prinzmetal's angina
Meaning
Noun
- A syndrome typically consisting of angina (cardiac chest pain) at rest that occurs in cycles and is caused by vasospasm.
Origin
- It was described in 1959 by the American cardiologist Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987), though it had been written about earlier.
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