title: William Heberden and Myron Prinzmetal: angina pectoris.
abstract: The most significant accounts of angina pectoris appeared in the medical literature separated by nearly two centuries. They were Heberden's initial description of classic angina and Prinzmetal's report of the variant form. Angina pectoris represents a transient myocardial oxygen deficiency. It is usually related to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, but there are a number of less common etiologies, most notably aortic stenosis. Stable and unstable forms exist, with stable angina being further subclassified as being of one of four patterns: classic, variant, atypical, and angina equivalent.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine Service, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sternbach
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D000788:Angina Pectoris, Variant / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D001314:Auscultation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006347:Heart Sounds; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans