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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2008; 52:523-527, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.04.050
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Peter Ong, MD, Anastasios Athanasiadis, MD, Stephan Hill, MD, Holger Vogelsberg, MD, Matthias Voehringer, MD and Udo Sechtem, MD*

Department of Cardiology and Pulmology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany.


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  		Figure 1 Presentation of ACS (n = 488)

Distribution of different presentations of ACS according to presence or absence of culprit lesion. ACS = acute coronary syndrome; NSTEMI = non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI = ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; UAP = unstable angina pectoris.

 

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  		Figure 2 ACH Test (n = 86)

Distribution of different vasoreactions to acetylcholine (ACH) according to reproduction of the patient's initial symptoms.

 
 
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