Changes in the risk factors for coronary spasm
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Article history: Received 30 June 2016 Accepted 28 July 2016 Available online 5 August 2016 Table 1A shows clinical characteristics of entire cohort, VSA patients, and non-VSA patients. Among 1760 all patients who underwent AChprovocation test, the patients in the latter group were more likely to be elderly female, and have higher BMI, diabetesmellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, but less likely to have current smoking and family history of ischemic heart disease (IHD), compared to those in the former
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