English Explanatory Dictionary

Prinzmetal's angina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syndrome typically consisting of angina (cardiac chest pain) at rest that occurs in cycles and is caused by vasospasm.

Word forms

Prinzmetal's angina Prinzmetal angina

Etymology

It was described in 1959 by the American cardiologist Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987), though it had been written about earlier.

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