Word: constrictiveness
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...cardiac attacks. Then, in 1970, doctors got "the first eyeball look at an episode of coronary spasm." At the University of California in Los Angeles, Cardiologist Albert Kattus and his team were doing a coronary bypass operation on a woman when suddenly one of the vessels began to constrict. As that happened, Kattus recalls, "we could feel that her coronary artery was tough like twine instead of soft and pliable...
That was quite a statement, considering that Carter's economic advisers have insisted for weeks that the Fed's emphasis on restraining inflation by reducing the growth in the money supply would unduly constrict the economy's expansion. Reporters turned to White House Press Secretary Jody Powell. Was the President correct in saying that he and Burns never disagreed? "That is wrong," said Powell. "There are differences." The Washington Post quoted Powell as stating that Carter's kind words for Burns were "overblown" and an "overreaction" to accounts of a policy feud between them...
...about twice as vulnerable as men, yet a related headache called the cluster (because it strikes repeatedly over several hours) most often affects tall, hard-driving men. For years the standard treatment for chronic headaches was a combination of the drug ergotamine tartrate and caffeine (Cafergot), which acts to constrict the expanded blood vessels...
...slightly lowered temperatures. Mills also encourages exercises, not only to make frostbitten limbs flexible again but to give patients a psychological boost; they are often frightened by the appearance of the injury (blisters, swelling, discoloration). Mills allows alcohol because "it does offer solace" but forbids tobacco, which tends to constrict blood vessels and impede blood circulation...
Since then, a host of other antihypertensive drugs have been introduced. Some, such as hexamethonium and chlorisondamine, are blocking agents. They work by interfering with the nerve signals and chemical reactions that cause blood vessels to constrict and raise blood pressure. Others, like hydralazine, are relaxers that seem to act directly on the muscle walls of the blood vessels, causing them to dilate and thus decrease pressure. Still others, such as guaneth-idine and reserpine-a drug extracted and purified from the Indian plant Rauwolfia serpentina-achieve the same effect by reducing the action of norepinephrine, the body chemical that...