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Cold-induced coronary Raynaud's phenomenon in patients with systemic sclerosis.

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1998

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J. Lekakis, Myron Mavrikakis, M Emmanuel, V. Prassopoulos, S Papazoglou, Christos Papamichael, D. Moulopoulou, P. Kostamis, S. Stamatelopoulos, Spyridon Moulopoulos
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Abstract

Patients with systemic sclerosis and long-standing Raynaud's phenomenon, even in the presence of normal myocardial perfusion during pharmacological vasodilation with dipyridamole, may present cold-induced myocardial ischemia, a functional Raynaud's phenomenon of the heart.