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[Laser acupuncture in the complex treatment of stenocardia]

Alliluev IG, Syrkin AL, Pal'tseva IS, Pecherskaia MB, Loshchenov VB, Ignatov AA, Belkina EM, Kramarenko TA, RadzievskiÄ SA, Fisenko VA.

Acupuncture points were exposed to helium-neon laser beam in 200 anginal patients. This therapeutic modality yielded good results: the number of attacks and nitroglycerin intake reduced, exercise tolerance grew, echocardiographic evidence showed a positive trend, hemodynamics improved, Spilberger's test values changed for the better.