The Association of Nocturnal Angina Pectoris with Dreaming
Authors: J. B. NOWLIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 December 1965The Association of Nocturnal Angina Pectoris with DreamingJ. B. NOWLIN, M.D., W. G. TROYER JR., M.D., W. S. COLLINS, M.D., G. SILVERMAN, M.D., C. R. NICHOLS, M.D., H. D. MCINTOSH, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. H. ESTES JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., M. D. BOGDONOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.J. B. NOWLIN, M.D., W. G. TROYER JR., M.D., W. S. COLLINS, M.D., G. SILVERMAN, M.D., C. R. NICHOLS, M.D., H. D. MCINTOSH, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. H. ESTES JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., M. D. BOGDONOFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-6-1040 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe value of a restful sleep at night has been repeatedly stressed in the care of the patient with angina pectoris. However, some individuals with the anginal syndrome are aroused at night with chest pain similar to their daytime discomfort. This occurrence of angina pectoris during sleep has long been of interest to the clinician. William Heberden, in his classic treatise on angina pectoris written in 1768, accentuated the nocturnal aspects of the syndrome, stating ". . . and it will often oblige them (the patients) to rise up out of their bed every night for many months together ..."...References1. WHITE PD Cited by : Heart Disease, 3rd ed. The MacMillan Co., 1944, p. 816. Google Scholar2. HOME E: Life of John Hunter, in Classic Descriptions of Disease, 4th ed., edited by MAJOR, R. H. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill., 1955, p. 423. Google Scholar3. LEVINE SA: Clinical Heart Disease, 4th ed. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia 1951, p. 87. Google Scholar4. LOOMISHARVEYHOBART ALENGA: Electrical potentials of the human brain. J. Exp. Psychol. 19: 259, 1935. Google Scholar5. ASERINSKYKLEITMAN EN: TWO types of ocular motility occurring in sleep. J. Appl. Physiol. 8: 1, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Durham, North CarolinaFrom the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C.This study was supported in part by research grant HE 08571-01 and program projects grant HE 07563-03 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., grant 64 G 159 from the American Heart Association, New York, N. Y., and a grant-in-aid from the U. S. Council for Tobacco Research.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John B. Nowlin, M.D., Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C. 27706. 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