[Clinical observations on the treatment of ischemic cardiac disease with a calcium antagonist: nifedipine]. / Osservazioni cliniche sul trattamento della cardiopatia ischemica con un calcio-antagonista: la Nifedipina.

Results obtained wih Nifedipine in 146 coronary patients, 85 of them suffering from coronaro-sclerosis with rest and effort stenocardic attacks, and 61 with post-infarctual stenocardic signs, are reported. In 76% of patients in the first group and in 85% of those in the second, pain symptomatology disappeared rapidly; ECGs also showed attenuation and modification, particularly among angina patients. The drug also led to a reduction in hypertension.