Nocturnal angina wakes a patient from sleep and may be provoked by vivid dreams. Symptoms are commonest in the early hours of the morning when coronary artery tone is maximal.
The patient often has critical coronary artery disease and hence usually suffers from exertional angina.
Nocturnal angina may be associated with coronary artery spasm - Prinzmetal's angina.
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