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''Josien Rozenburg, MD''
In 1772 physician William Heberden first described angina pectoris, writing: “''They who are afflicted with it are seized, while they are walking (more especially if it be up hill), with a painful and most disagreeable sensation in the breast, which seems as if it would extinguish life if it were to increase or to continue, but the moment the patient stands still all this uneasiness vanishes''”. <Cite>REFNAME1</Cite>  
In 1772 physician William Heberden first described angina pectoris, writing: “''They who are afflicted with it are seized, while they are walking (more especially if it be up hill), with a painful and most disagreeable sensation in the breast, which seems as if it would extinguish life if it were to increase or to continue, but the moment the patient stands still all this uneasiness vanishes''”. <Cite>REFNAME1</Cite>  


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