[Peripheral vein function of stenocardia patients]

Occlusive venous plethysmography used for examination of 89 anginal male patients has shown a considerable rise of the tone of peripheral veins and the reduction of accessory venous capacity. An advance in angina pectoris results in a rise of the tone and reduction of accessory capacity of peripheral veins. Responses of the latter to nitroglycerin administration, smoking and treatment by cold were mostly of the same type and manifested themselves in the reduction of the tone and an increase in accessory venous capacity. Reactivity of peripheral veins partially accounted for individual clinical manifestations of angina pectoris.