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Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system

Publication , Journal Article

Becker, RC; Giuliani, M; Alpert, JS

Published in: Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

1987

Coronary artery spasm may be important in a number of cardiovascular disorders including exertional angina, Prinzmetal's angina, silent ischemia, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death. Abnormalities of the autonomic nervous system may play an integral role. In a 62-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of nocturnal diaphoresis, intracoronary acetylcholine administration provoked near-total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. Episodic parasympathetic outflow may be responsible for coronary artery spasm in some patients.

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Author Richard Clinton Becker Medicine, Cardiology

Published In

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Publication Date

1987

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Start / End Page

515 / 518

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General & Internal Medicine

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Becker, R. C., Giuliani, M., & Alpert, J. S. (1987). Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 54(6), 515–518.

Becker, R. C., M. Giuliani, and J. S. Alpert. “Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system.” Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 54, no. 6 (1987): 515–18.

Becker RC, Giuliani M, Alpert JS. Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1987;54(6):515–8.

Becker, R. C., et al. “Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system.” Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, vol. 54, no. 6, 1987, pp. 515–18.

Becker RC, Giuliani M, Alpert JS. Nocturnal diaphoresis and coronary artery spasm. Contribution of the parasympathetic nervous system. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1987;54(6):515–518.