Angiotonin

Angiotonia (from the Greek angion - vessel and tonos - tension), or arterial spasms, are acute painful contractions of the arteries, most pronounced when the walls of blood vessels are damaged by an inflammatory, allergic, endocrine, toxic or traumatic nature. Vascular tone and blood pressure drop, blood vessels spasm, which leads to a decrease in blood pressure. In diagnostics, K. A. Vasikowski (1931) developed a special technique that allows non-invasive assessment of pulse and vascular tension in a hospital setting. An important part of this technique is also the use of sphygmo