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TL;DR: The results indicate that patients with unstable angina pectoris can be managed acutely with intensive medical therapy, including the administration of propranolol and long-acting nitrates in pharmacologic doses, with adequate control of pain in most patients and no increase in early mortality or myocardial infarction rates.

TL;DR: The nature of localized atrial activation during atrial fibrillation was characterized in 34 patients following open heart surgery and an atrial flutter‐fibrillation pattern in the ECG was associated with a relatively ordered atrialactivation pattern and a relatively slow atrial rate.

TL;DR: A significant increase in catecholamines could jeopardize myocardial protective measures during CPB, and the predominant humoral response to CPB appears to be adrenomedullary release of E.

TL;DR: Of 35 patients operated upon for acute traumatic transection of the upper descending thoracic aorta between 1967 and March 31, 1980, 33 had sufficient information for sufficient information to analyze the incidence of spinal cord injury (paraplegia or paresis), which indicated that spinal Cord injury was more likely to occur with long aortic cross-clamp times.

TL;DR: Evidence of enhanced sympathetic activity during surgery may be a useful predictor of the development of postoperative hypertension, particularly in patients with a longer history of angina of greater severity.