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Song L, Bian G, Yang W, Li HF. Variant angina induced by carbon monoxide poisoning: A CARE compliant case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2019; 98:e15056. [PMID: 31008930 PMCID: PMC6494374 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000015056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can cause severe damage to the nervous system, and can also cause serious damage to organs, such as the heart, kidneys, and lungs. CO damage to myocardial cells has been previously reported. This can lead to serious complications, such as myocardial infarction. PATIENT CONCERNS A 47-year-old female patient complained of sudden chest pain for 30 minutes. Before admission, the patient had non-radiating burning chest pain after inhalation of soot. DIAGNOSIS An electrocardiogram showed that myocardial ischemia was progressively aggravated, manifested by progressive ST-segment elevation, and accompanied by T wave inversion and other changes. No obvious coronary stenosis was observed in a coronary angiographic examination. Therefore, the patient was considered to have developed variant angina resulting from CO poisoning-induced coronary artery spasm. INTERVENTIONS The patient was treated with drugs for improving blood circulation and preventing thrombosis, and underwent hyperbaric oxygen therapy. OUTCOMES Clinical symptoms relieved after the treatment. LESSONS Findings from this case suggest that CO can cause coronary artery spasm and it is one of the predisposing factors of variant angina. For these patients, hyperbaric oxygen therapy can improve blood circulation and prevent formation of thrombus and encephalopathy.
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- Department of Urology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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Grech ED, Zwart B. A man with chest pain and a broad QRS complex tachycardia. BMJ 2018; 361:k1191. [PMID: 29724881 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Ever D Grech
- South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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- South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
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Marmelo B, Abreu L, Gil J, Ferreira P, Cabral J. Exuberant Vasospastic Angina Simulating Severe Three-Vessel Disease. Arq Bras Cardiol 2017; 108:576-577. [PMID: 28699981 PMCID: PMC5489330 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20170071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- Bruno Marmelo
- Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu
- Mailing Address: Bruno Marmelo, Av. Rei Dom Duarte.
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A 32-year-old female presents with recurrent episodes of unprovoked chest pain associated with inferior ST-segment elevation and reciprocal ST-segment depression. Coronary angiography during one of these episodes revealed coronary artery spasm that spontaneously resolved followed by resolution of these electrocardiographic changes. There was no atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Her cardiac markers were normal and echocardiogram showed no regional wall motion abnormalities. Electrocariogram and angiography findings are shown in Fig. 1.
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- Hesham R Omar
- Internal Medicine Department, Mercy Medical Center, Clinton IA, USA.
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- Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA; FGTBA, Tampa, FL, USA; TEAMHealth, Tampa, FL, USA
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- FGTBA, Tampa, FL, USA; TEAMHealth, Tampa, FL, USA; University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Three patients diagnosed as having remitting seronegative symmetrical synovitis with pitting edema syndrome, pemphigus erythematosus and idiopathic interstitial pneumonia were treated with oral prednisolone. Several weeks after starting the treatment, they experienced repeated chest pain attacks between midnight and early morning, although none of the patients had a past history of ischemic heart disease. One of the patients exhibited aggravation of symptoms soon after increasing the dose of prednisolone. A definitive diagnosis of vasospastic angina was made using electrocardiograms, coronary angiography and vasospasm provocation tests. These cases emphasize that clinicians should be aware of the possible occurrence of vasospastic angina following the initiation of corticosteroid therapy.
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- Wataru Okumura
- Department of Medicine and Biological Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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Chu G, Zhang G, Zhang Z, Liu S, Wen Q, Sun B. Clinical outcome of coronary stenting in patients with variant angina refractory to medical treatment: a consecutive single-center analysis. Med Princ Pract 2013; 22:583-7. [PMID: 23988479 PMCID: PMC5586808 DOI: 10.1159/000354290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of coronary stenting in patients with variant angina refractory to medical treatment. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Variant angina was diagnosed in 81 patients admitted to the Department of Cardiology between January 2003 and June 2011. However, coronary stenting was performed in 21 patients refractory to medical treatment, but coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound were performed in all patients, and acetylcholine provocative test was performed in 11 of the 21 patients refractory to medical treatment. Coronary angiography was repeated after 9-12 months in the 21 patients with coronary stents. Clinical follow-up time was 2.5 ± 3.1 years (range 1-8). RESULTS Of the 81 patients, coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound did not reveal significant stenosis in 13 (16.0%), but revealed 20-75% fixed stenosis in the remaining 68 (84.0%) patients. The acetylcholine provocative test was positive in the 11 patients. Of the 21 patients with coronary stents, the spasm site was located in the right coronary artery in 16 (76.2%) and in the left anterior descending artery in the remaining 5 (23.8%) patients. During the 1- to 8-year follow-up period, 1 of the 21 patients with stents developed recurrent episodes of variant angina, 5 patients had occasional chest pain, and the other 15 were asymptomatic. Coronary angiography at 9-12 months after initial evaluation demonstrated no stenosis in 3 patients, 20-40% in-stent mild intimal hyperplasia in 15 patients, and 50-80% in-stent restenosis in 3 patients. Coronary stenting was performed again in 2 patients. CONCLUSIONS The present study showed that coronary stenting for severe refractory coronary vasospasm was effective and without serious complications. It can be an alternative and viable option for some patients who are refractory to medical therapy and at a high risk of acute coronary syndrome recurrence.
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- Guang Chu
- *Guang Chu, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, First People's Hospital, 85 Wu Jin Road, Shanghai 200080 (PR China), E-Mail
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Kaletová M, Marek D, Sovová E, Mejtská I, Táborský M. [Hyperventilation echocardiography in vasospastic angina pectoris diagnosing]. Vnitr Lek 2012; 58:691-696. [PMID: 23094816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Hyperventilation echocardiography is an established diagnostic test in patients with suspected variant angina pectoris. It has got sufficient sensitivity (60-80%) and specificity (85-100%). Positive hyperventilation test is rarely found, which relates to low prevalence of variant angina. The diagnostic yield of the test depends on the population selected for testing: positive result can be expected in patients with a history of typical burning chest pain, ST segment elevation/depression and/or inversions of U wave during the chest pain episode, arrhythmias related to the chest pain, coronary artery stenosis less than 50% of artery diameter, multi-vessel disease, high activity of illness at the time of hyperventilation test. We present a case of 37 years old man with typical angina pectoris at rest and non-Q myocardial infarction, in whom the coronary angiography was negative. Variant angina pectoris was diagnosed by hyperventilation echocardiography. The ECG tracings showing typical ischemic patterns during the hyperventilation test are included.
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- M Kaletová
- Interni Klinika-kardiologicka Lekarske fakulty UP a FN Olomouc.
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Spastic angina is considered rare but its prevalence is probably underestimated especially in case of atherosclerotic coronary lesions. Its diagnosis remains important due to its poor prognosis and therapeutic characteristics. We report three clinical cases illustrating two different clinical presentations and the problem of diagnosis of spastic angina. We performed a review of the literature essentially concerning commonly used diagnosis means and especially provocative testing for coronary spasm. This test needs to be adapted to the evolution of techniques and uses of coronary angiography in 2011, particularly the wide spread use of radial approach. Therefore new recommendations are needed, specifying the terms of provocative testing and establishing clear diagnosis criteria including clinical, electrocardiographic and angiographic data. Such guidelines would probably help to better diagnose and treat these patients in our practice.
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This report describes a case of variant angina induced by epidural infusion of bupivacaine hydrochloride for the treatment of intractable low back pain in a 66-year-old male patient with lumbar discopathy. Severe reversible coronary artery spasm of right coronary artery was demonstrated by coronary angiography. Withdrawal of epidural anesthesia and treatment with nitrates and calcium channel antagonists resulted in cessation of variant angina.
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Tian Z, Zhang S, Wu Q. Recurrent variant angina pectoris due to Behçet's syndrome. Intern Med 2011; 50:2587-9. [PMID: 22041362 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We report a case of recurrent variant angina pectoris which occurred even while receiving antispastic treatment. Coronary angiography revealed no obvious lesion. Behçet's syndrome was diagnosed based on recurrent oral aphthous and genital ulcer as well as skin manifestation. After treatment with immunosuppressant, neither angina nor oral ulcer relapsed. We strongly believe that the variant angina is due to coronary vasospasm induced by Behçet's syndrome in this patient.
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- Zhuang Tian
- Department of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, China
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Soysal D, Karakuş V, Yavaş HH, Biçeroğlu S, Köseoğlu M, Yeşil M. C-reactive protein in unstable angina pectoris and its relation to coronary angiographic severity and diffusion scores of coronary lesions. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2010; 10:421-428. [PMID: 20929699 DOI: 10.5152/akd.2010.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and the severity and diffusion of coronary artery lesions in patients with unstable angina pectoris (UAP) and the independent association of CRP with this clinical situation. METHODS This cross-sectional, observational study included 50 patients. Classification by Braunwald was used for UAP. The severity and diffusion of angiographic coronary disease were graded according to Reardon's modified scoring system. Plasma CRP levels were quantified by immunoturbidimetry. Nonparametric tests were used for comparison of CRP and other risk factors, and logistic regression analysis for evaluation of independent association between CRP and unstable angina pectoris. RESULTS The severity score was 46±18 points in class IIB1 UAP, 36±20 points in class IIB2 and 53±18 points in class IIIB2 (p=0.017, class IIIB2 vs IIB2). Respectively, CRP levels were 6.6 mg/L, 3.8 mg/L and 4.8 mg/L (p=0.371, class IIB1 vs IIB2 vs IIIB2). Lesions with diffusion score 4 revealed higher CRP values than lesions with diffusion score 1 (11.1 mg/L vs 3.1 mg/L, p=0.048). Adjusting age, sex and smoking, assessment of partial correlation analysis showed a positive, moderately powerful and significant association between CRP levels and the severity and diffusion scores of the coronary lesions (r=0.30; p=0.034 and r=0.31; p=0.030, respectively) in the whole study group. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed no appreciable independent association between CRP and UAP (OR: 1.63, 95%CI: 0.90-5.63, p=0.093). CONCLUSION Although, CRP was correlated with the severity and diffusion of angiographic coronary disease in patients with UAP, there was no independent association between CRP and clinical severity of UAP.
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- Dilek Soysal
- Department of Internal Medicine 1st Division, Atatürk Research and Training Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
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Tousoulis D, Davies G, Kaski JC. A comparative study of eccentric and concentric coronary stenosis vasomotion in patients with Prinzmental's variant angina and patients with stable angina pectoris. Clin Cardiol 2009; 21:643-8. [PMID: 9755380 PMCID: PMC6655308 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960210907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS In patients with stable angina pectoris, eccentric stenoses have a greater potential for dynamic changes of caliber in response to vasoactive stimuli than concentric lesions. It is not known whether in patients with coronary artery spasm the degree of coronary vasoconstriction differs in eccentric versus concentric stenoses. Therefore, we examined the relationship between coronary stenosis morphology and the vasomotor response to vasoactive stimuli in patients with variant angina. METHODS Computerized quantitative angiography was used to measure minimum luminal diameter of eccentric and concentric stenoses before and after the administration of ergonovine and isosorbide dinitrate in 22 patients with Prinzmetal's variant angina and in 20 patients with chronic stable angina. RESULTS In patients with variant angina, mean stenosis diameter reduction with ergonovine was -0.85 +/- 0.38 and -1.12 +/- 0.69 mm in eccentric and concentric stenoses, respectively (p = NS). Isosorbide dinitrate promptly relieved spasm in all patients and increased the diameter of eccentric stenoses by 0.26 +/- 0.34 mm and that of concentric stenoses by 0.24 +/- 0.32 mm (p = NS). In patients with chronic stable angina, mean diameter reduction with ergonovine was -0.23 +/- 0.12 and -0.12 +/- 0.10 mm for eccentric and concentric stenoses, respectively (p < 0.05). Isosorbide dinitrate increased coronary diameter by 10% from baseline in 70% of eccentric and 38% of concentric stenoses (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION In patients with variant angina pectoris, eccentric and concentric spastic stenoses react similarly in response to vasoactive stimuli. In patients with chronic stable angina, eccentric stenoses are more likely to show vasomotor responses than concentric stenoses.
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- D Tousoulis
- Division of Clinical Cardiology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
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A coronary arteriovenous (AV) fistula consists of a communication between a coronary artery and a cardiac chamber, a great artery or the vena cava. It is the most common anomaly that can affect coronary perfusion. Yet bilateral involvement of a coronary fistula, constitutes an uncommon subgroup of coronary AV fistulas. We herein report on a case of bilateral coronary AV fistula that was coexistent with variant angina originating from the distal right ventricular branch of the right coronary artery and the distal septal branch of the left anterior descending artery, and the latter drained into the right ventricle.
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- Se-Na Jang
- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Shitara K, Kameda K, Hoshi Y, Munakata M, Muto O, Sakata Y. A case of suspected vasospastic angina related to S-1 administration. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2007; 34:1705-1708. [PMID: 17940396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A 58-year-old male with advanced gastric cancer underwent a total gastrectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel and cisplatin. The combination chemotherapy was resumed postoperatively as adjuvant chemotherapy. Although no recurrence was observed after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy,the patient elected to receive further adjuvant chemotherapy with an oral drug. On the night of November 9,2006, he began taking S-1 at a dose of 50 mg twice daily. Fifty minutes after taking the first 50 mg of S-1,he experienced a squeezing chest pain at rest that was later accompanied by diaphoresis and nausea. The pain continued for approximately one hour,but had subsided by the time he reached an emergency room. Coronary angiography revealed a 50% eccentric stenosis in the proximal site of the right coronary artery,but there was no coronary lesion which could caused myocardial ischemia. Cardiac scintigraphy using 123I-BMIPP (123I-labeled beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid) showed a decreased uptake of BMIPP within the posterior wall,which improved one month later,so transient myocardial ischemia was confirmed. Since vasospastic angina related to S-1 administration was highly suspected,re-administration of S-1 was not performed. The patient is not currently receiving chemotherapy and remains under surveillance for relapse.
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- Kohei Shitara
- Dept. of Medical Oncology, Misawa City Hospital, Misawa, Aomori, Japan
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Sosnowska-Pasiarska B, Wozakowska-Kapłon B. [Prinzmetal's angina: clinical manifestation in a 79-year-old man with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease]. Kardiol Pol 2007; 65:1101-1108. [PMID: 17975759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A case of a 79-year-old man with risk factors of ischaemic heart disease is presented. He was admitted to the Cardiology Ward because of recurrent angina pectoris with ST-segment elevation in the anterior electrocardiographic leads. Coronary arteriography revealed 90% stenosis of the marginal branch of the left coronary artery, which was supplied by coronary angioplasty. During hospitalisation recurrent episodes of angina pectoris were noted, only in night hours, with ST-segment elevations in anterior electrocardiographic leads. Pharmacotherapy with calcium blockers and nitrates eliminated the episodes of chest pain in a ten-month follow-up.
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- Barbara Sosnowska-Pasiarska
- I Oddział Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, ul Grunwaldzka 45, 25-736, Kielce, Poland.
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Kalaga RV, Rubin F, Heller GV, Lundbye JB. Images of Prinzmetal’s angina: A case report. J Nucl Cardiol 2007; 14:408-11. [PMID: 17556175 DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2007.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Ravishankar V Kalaga
- Division of Cardiology, Henry Low Heart Center, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 06102-5037, USA
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Fridman N, Wishniak A, Goldfeld M, Chernihovski A, Roguin N. Transient ST elevation following a wasp sting: a good indication for 64-slice coronary angiography computed tomography. Isr Med Assoc J 2007; 9:339-40. [PMID: 17491237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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- Nancy Fridman
- Department of Cardiology, Western Galilee Hospital, Nahariya, Israel.
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Zhang F, Ge JB, Qian JY, Dong LL, Lu Y. Variant angina associated with isolated myocardial bridging: evaluation using intravascular ultrasound and quantitative coronary angiography. Chin Med J (Engl) 2007; 120:171-3. [PMID: 17335668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023] Open
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- Feng Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
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- E Kevin Heist
- Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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- D Byron Holt
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Coronary spasm plays an important role in the pathogenesis of not only variant angina but also coronary heart disease in general including acute coronary syndromes, especially in the Japanese population. The vascular endothelium has been reported to be a multifunctional organ whose integrity is essential for normal vascular physiology. Vascular endothelial dysfunction can be a critical factor in the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease. Acetylcholine and methacholine cause vasodilation by endothelium-derived relaxing factor when the endothelium is functioning normally, whereas they cause vasoconstriction when the endothelium is removed or damaged. Coronary spasm can be induced by a variety of stimuli with different mechanisms of action, including acetylcholine and methacholine. Patients with coronary spasm may have a disturbance in endothelial function as well as local hyperreactivity of the coronary arteries.
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- Hiroaki Kawano
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556
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Miwa K, Ishii K, Makita T, Okuda N. Diagnosis of multivessel coronary vasospasm by detecting postischemic regional left ventricular delayed relaxation on echocardiography using color kinesis. Circ J 2004; 68:483-7. [PMID: 15118293 DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is not known whether multivessel coronary spasm occurs spontaneously in patients who have variant angina (VA) with demonstrated multivessel spasm induced by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine (ACh). Regional left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction or wall motion abnormality may persist after an episode of coronary vasospasm. Color kinesis (CK) is a recent development that facilitates the echocardiographic evaluation of regional diastolic wall motion. METHODS AND RESULTS Regional diastolic wall motion was evaluated using CK in 26 patients with VA within 1 week of the last episode of angina. The LV segmental filling fraction in the short-axis view during the first 30% of the diastolic filling time, expressed as a percentage, was used to objectively identify postischemic diastolic endocardial motion asynchrony. Diastolic asynchrony or regional LV delayed relaxation was noted in all 26 (100%) patients and in 14 (54%) it was detected in multiple vascular territories, suggesting multivessel spasm. Multivessel spasm was induced by ACh in 11 (79%) of the patients with suspected multivessel spasm by CK. In 11 (92%) of the 12 patients with multivessel spasm induced by ACh multiple regions of delayed relaxation had been noted by CK. The regions of delayed relaxation were largely consistent with the territories perfused by the arteries reacting to ACh (sensitivity: 96%, specificity: 91%). CONCLUSION ACh induced spasm in the same coronary arteries as those perfusing the regions with delayed diastolic wall motion detected by CK in most of the patients with VA, suggesting that multivessel spasm does occur spontaneously in patients with susceptible arteries.
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- Kunihisa Miwa
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of medication for the treatment of pure coronary spastic angina, 71 consecutive patients with this diagnosis who had undergone coronary arteriography in a hospital with a follow-up of at least 2 years were studied. METHODS AND RESULTS All 71 patients without significant organic stenosis were treated with long-acting calcium antagonists. The disappearance of chest pain attacks while receiving medical therapy was observed in 27 patients (38%), whereas the remaining 44 patients (62%) had chest pain attacks. Of special interest, 30 patients had more than one attack per month irrespective of the administration of calcium antagonists or isosorbide dinitrate. Medical treatment showed a good response in female patients (63% vs 31%, respectively; p < 0.05) and those with ST-segment elevation during selective spasm provocation tests (63% vs 30%, respectively; p < 0.05). In contrast, patients with a longer history of chest pain attacks before hospital admission and those with diffuse spasms (77% vs 34%, respectively; p < 0.01) had poor responses to medical treatment. In this study, neither sudden death nor acute myocardial infarction was observed during the follow-up periods. CONCLUSION The limitations of medical therapy, including the administration of long-acting calcium antagonists, were observed in 30 of 71 patients (42%) with pure coronary spastic angina. Medical treatment was effective in only 38% of patients with pure coronary spastic angina in Japan.
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- Shozo Sueda
- Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Saijo Hospital, Saijo City, Japan
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Okkels Jensen L, Thayssen P. Prinzmetal's variant angina and alterations in coronary flow velocity reserve. Cardiology 2003; 98:104-5. [PMID: 12373057 DOI: 10.1159/000064673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Auer J, Berent R, Weber T, Maurer E, Punzengruber C, Lassnig E, Mayr H, Eber B. [Angiographic results of "atypical" chest pain]. Herz 2002; 27:772-9. [PMID: 12574895 DOI: 10.1007/s00059-002-2311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Coronary angiography permits evaluation of coronary artery morphology and coronary pathology. It represents an accurate method of defining stenotic coronary lesions. Chest pain may be caused by coronary artery disease as well as by other cardiac and noncardiac disorders. However, sensitivity of clinical evaluation and noninvasive diagnostic assessment in detection of coronary artery disease is limited. Noninvasive diagnostic strategies give inconsistent results in about 10-30%. Here coronary angiography is regarded as an accurate method for appropriate diagnosis. Ist sophisticated apparatus, cost, and invasiveness necessitate well-considered application of this procedure. Therefore, it appears important to analyze coronary angiograms in patients with the referral diagnosis of "atypical" chest pain with inconsistent noninvasive testing or impossibility to perform noninvasive assessment. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed records of 1,000 consecutive patients (625 men, 375 women, mean age 63.1 years), who underwent coronary angiography at our institution from January 5, 1998 to May 5, 1998. RESULTS 49 patients (17 women, 32 men; mean age 59 years) were referred due to "atypical" chest pain. 21 (42.9%, nine women, twelve men) of these 49 patients had normal coronary arteries at angiography. 21 (42.9%) patients showed coronary artery disease with a diameter stenosis > 50%. In seven (14.2%) patients, coronary sclerosis with a diameter stenosis < 50% could be observed. Only five (29.4%) of the 17 women but 16 of the 32 men (50%) had coronary artery disease with a diameter stenosis > 50% (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In unselected patients referred for coronary angiography due to "atypical" chest pain and inconsistent noninvasive testing or impossibility to perform noninvasive assessment. 42.9% had coronary artery disease with a diameter stenosis > 50%. Angiographic evaluation of symptomatic patients with "atypical" signs and symptoms and inconsistent noninvasive testing seems to be appropriate.
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- Johann Auer
- II. Interne Abteilung mit Kardiologie und internistische Intensivemedizin, Allegmeines Offentliches Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen, Schwestern vom Heiligen Kreuz Wels, Austria.
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Ambrose JA, Gould RB, Zairis MN, DeVoe MC, Nguyen TH, Geagea JPM, Arias JH, Prakash AM, Varshneya N, Meraj P, Barua RS. Acute coronary lesions and troponin elevation in unstable angina pectoris or non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2002; 90:770-3. [PMID: 12356396 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02609-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- John A Ambrose
- Department of Medicine, The Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, New York 10011, USA.
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We present three patients with variant angina pectoris and episodes of cardiac arrest. All of them had typical clinical symptoms, ST-segment changes in electrocardiogram, and coronary artery spasm confirmed by arteriography. They were treated with high doses of calcium antagonists and nitrates. An automatic cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted in the patient who developed ventricular fibrillation despite therapy with calcium antagonists. In another patient a DDD pacemaker was implanted because of high-degree atrioventricular block.
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- W Seniuk
- Cardiology Department, Karol Marcinkowski University School of Medical Sciences, ul.Starowiejska 1g/3, 61-664 Poznań, Poland.
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Hirano Y, Ozasa Y, Yamamoto T, Nakagawa K, Uehara H, Yamada S, Ikawa H, Ishikawa K. Diagnosis of vasospastic angina by hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography: comparison to I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:617-23. [PMID: 12050603 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We assessed the usefulness of hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of vasospastic angina compared with that of iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy. BACKGROUND Various noninvasive methods have been used to detect vasospastic angina, but they are not very sensitive in the diagnosis of vasospastic angina. 123I-MIBG images and stress echocardiography have recently been proposed as a useful tool for detecting vasospastic angina. METHOD Thirty patients (21 males and 9 females, mean age: 52 +/- 14 years) who complained of rest angina were enrolled for this study. The hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography test consisted of hyperventilation for 6 minutes, followed by cold water pressor for 2 minutes under continuous electrocardiographic and echocardiographic monitoring. Left ventricular regional wall motion by echocardiogram was analyzed by using the 16-segment model, and wall motion ranging from normokinesis to dyskinesis was evaluated visually in each segment. Single-photon emission computed tomography images of 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy were divided into 26 segments. Defect scores were established using the 4 grades. The echocardiographic criteria for coronary spasm was worsening wall motion and the scintigraphic criteria was defect score more than moderately reduced. Acetylcholine was selectively injected into the right coronary artery (20 microg and 50 microg) and left coronary artery (20 microg, 50 microg, and 100 microg). RESULTS Of 30 patients, 20 patients had coronary spasm on coronary angiography with an intracoronary injection of acetylcholine, whereas 10 patients showed no spasm. Multivessel spasms were observed in 15 patients. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy of hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography for diagnosing in patients with vasospastic angina were 90%, 90%, 95%, 82%, and 90%, respectively. However, those of 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy for diagnosing in patients with vasospastic angina were 90%, 40%, 75%, 67%, and 73%, respectively. The specificity of hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography was significantly higher than that of 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy (P <.05). CONCLUSION The specificity of hyperventilation and cold-pressor stress echocardiography in diagnosing coronary spasm were higher than that shown by 201I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy.
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- Yutaka Hirano
- Department of Cardiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Ohnohigashi Osakasayama, Japan.
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- Milind Y Desai
- Division of Nuclear Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ono S, Yamaguchi H, Takayama S, Kurabe A, Heito T. [Rest delayed images on 99mTc-MIBI myocardial SPECT as a noninvasive screen for the diagnosis of vasospastic angina pectoris]. Kaku Igaku 2002; 39:117-24. [PMID: 12058420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Diagnostic usefulness of 99mTc-MIBI myocardial SPECT at rest was examined in 39 cases of coronary vasospastic angina pectoris who were diagnosed by a positive reaction to ergonovine provocation. SPECT was performed 45 minutes (early image) and 3 hours (delayed image) after the intravenous injection of approximately 600 MBq of MIBI. Decrease in accumulation was ranked by four defect scores (0: normal; 1: slight decrease; 2: moderate decrease; 3: severe decrease) and the total defect score was evaluated semiquantitatively. The washout rate between the normal area and the spasm area was also evaluated quantitatively using bull's eye. As a result, 15 cases (15/39; 38.4%) showed decreased accumulation in the early image and 27 cases (27/39; 69.2%) showed decreased accumulation in the delayed image. All of the cases which showed decreased accumulation in the early image had decreased accumulation in the delayed image as well. In 6 cases (6/34; 17.6%) showed ST wave changes during exercise ECG and 16 cases (16/34: 47%) showed decreased accumulation in the exercise myocardial SPECT. The washout rate of MIBI in the decreased accumulation area was significantly higher than that of the normal area. Of 32 ergonovine induced vasospastic area, 23 areas (72%) exhibited decreased accumulation in the delayed image for the same area. Decreased accumulation in the delayed image in MIBI was due to the enhanced washout, which, in turn, indicated declined retention of MIBI by mitochondrial membrane. In coronary vasospastic angina pectoris, spasm induced ischemia was thought to have an effect on the mitochondria. This study suggested that even with a normal exercise ECG and exercise myocardial SPECT, there's a strong possibility of coronary vasospastic angina pectoris if a decreased accumulation was found in the delayed image in the MIBI myocardial SPECT at rest. Hence, in diagnosing coronary vasospastic angina pectoris, the delayed image in the MIBI myocardial SPECT at rest was believed to be useful.
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- Soichi Ono
- Department of Radiology, Yamagata Prefectural Shinjo Hospital
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BACKGROUND Both experimental and pathological studies suggest that immune response and inflammation may play an important role in the pathogenesis of coronary spasm. DESIGN To elucidate the role of systemic immune and inflammatory responses in the pathogenesis of coronary spasm, we studied circulating T-lymphocyte activation in variant angina patients (VAPs), stable effort angina patients (EAPs) and in control participants. METHODS Twenty documented VAPs, 13 EAPs and 20 control participants were studied. To evaluate T-lymphocyte activation, T-lymphocyte surface antigen expression, including CD3, CD4, CD8 and HLA-DR, was measured by two-colour flow cytometric analysis. Serum-soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were also measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We restudied 10 of the VAPs to investigate the relationship between the disease activity of variant angina and T-lymphocyte activation. RESULTS The percentage of CD3+/DR+ T-lymphocytes in VAPs (14.8%) was significantly higher than in EAPs (10.7%, P < 0.05) and control participants (9.7%, P < 0.005); however, levels of sIL-2R were the same among the three groups. Levels of CRP were within normal range in all VAPs. The percentage of CD8+/DR+ T-lymphocytes was significantly higher in VAPs (9.5%, P < 0.005) than in EAPs (5.5%) and control participants (5.9%), whereas the percentage of CD4+/DR+ T-lymphocytes was similar among the three groups. The percentage of activated T-lymphocytes in VAPs was unchanged during the follow-up period (mean intervals, 10 months). CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that the chronic activation of T-lymphocytes, especially CD8+ T-lymphocytes, may be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary spasm.
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- Masahiro Terashima
- Division of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to test the hypothesis that coronary microvascular spasm (MVS) alone causes myocardial ischemia in patients with angina attributable to epicardial coronary spasm, and to determine whether there is a difference in clinical characteristics between those with and without microvascular spasm. BACKGROUND Patients with "vasospastic angina" have epicardial coronary artery spasm, but it is unknown whether coronary microvessel disease also contributes to the occurrence of angina in these patients. METHODS We studied 55 consecutive patients with angina in whom epicardial coronary spasm was provoked by intracoronary acetylcholine (ACH). RESULTS In 14 patients (25.5%, Group 1), submaximal dose of ACH induced myocardial ischemia (chest pain, ischemic electrocardiogram changes, lactate production) without large epicardial spasm, suggesting the occurrence of coronary microvascular spasm. By contrast, the remaining 41 patients (Group 2) had evidence of myocardial ischemia only when epicardial spasm was angiographically demonstrated. The Group 1 patients were predominantly women (p < 0.05) and had a history of prolonged (>30 min) chest pain (p < 0.05), whereas the Group 2 patients were more likely men and smokers (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Myocardial ischemia most probably due to coronary MVS was demonstrated in a sizable portion of patients with epicardial vasospasm, preferentially in women having both typical and prolonged anginal pain. The result suggests that coronary microvascular disease may also contribute to angina in patients with "vasospastic angina."
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- Hongtao Sun
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan
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Hamabe A, Takase B, Uehata A, Kurita A, Ohsuzu F, Tamai S. Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the brachial artery in variant angina pectoris and the effect of intravenous administration of vitamin C. Am J Cardiol 2001; 87:1154-9. [PMID: 11356389 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01485-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED Endothelial dysfunction in the coronary artery contributes to the pathogenesis of variant angina, and endothelial dysfunction in variant angina may be associated with increased oxidant stress in the systemic arteries. We investigated whether endothelial dysfunction exists in the peripheral artery in patients with variant angina, and also examined the effect of vitamin C, an antioxidant, on endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Using high-resolution ultrasound, both the flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD, endothelium-dependent vasodilation) and sublingual nitroglycerin-induced vasodilation (NTG-D, endothelium-independent vasodilation) in the brachial artery were measured in 28 patients with variant angina and 24 control subjects who had normal coronary arteries. FMD was significantly impaired in patients with variant angina compared with control subjects (1.8 +/- 2.2% vs 6.4 +/- 4.9%, p <0.001). FMD and NTG-D before and after intravenous administration of either vitamin C or placebo were measured in 17 patients with variant angina. FMD significantly improved after the administration of vitamin C (from 2.2 +/- 2.4% to 4.5 +/- 1.6%, p <0.01), but not after administration of the placebo (from 2.0 +/- 2.6% to 1.7 +/- 1.9%). The improved FMD due to vitamin C in patients with variant angina, however, was not significantly different from that in the control subjects. NTG-D was not significantly different between patients with variant angina and control subjects (14.0 +/- 7.8% vs 13.6 +/- 5.0%) and it was also not affected by vitamin C. IN CONCLUSION (1) FMD in the brachial artery is impaired in patients with variant angina, and (2) the acute administration of the antioxidant, vitamin C, was observed to reverse this endothelial dysfunction. These findings support the theory that the systemic inactivation of nitric oxide due to oxidative stress might exist in patients with variant angina.
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- A Hamabe
- Department of Clinical Laboratory of Medicine, Tokorozawa, Japan
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Chen J, Gao R, Yao K, Yang Y, Qin X, Qiao S, Yao M. The effect of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on the pathogenesis of angina decubitus. Chin Med Sci J 2000; 15:214-6. [PMID: 12906140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction on the pathogenesis of angina decubitus (AD). METHODS The study population consisted of three groups: 20 individuals without cardiovascular studied as group I. Group II included 20 patents with coronary artery disease and without AD. Thirty-one patients with AD and ejection fraction (EF) > 50% were studied as group III. Group II and III were matched for age, EF and extent of coronary artery disease. RESULTS Left ventriculography (LVG) showed that left ventricular (LV) first 1/3 filling fraction (1/3FF) was significantly lower in group III than in group II and I (both P < 0.001), but LV late 1/3 FF was much higher in group III than in group II and I (P < 0.05, P < 0.01). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) was markedly increased before and after LVG in group II and III as compared with group I (both P < 0.05, both P < 0.001). The difference of LVEDP caused by left atrial contraction (left atrial contraction pressure difference, LACPD) before and after LVG was much higher in group III than in group I ( P < 0.01, P < 0.001). However, there we significant differences in LVEDP and in LACPD between before and after LVG only in group III (both P < 0.01). CONCLUSION The patients with AD have LV diastolic dysfunction, which may be closely related to the pathogenesis of angina decubitus.
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- J Chen
- Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, Beijing 100037
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Serrador A, Roman JA, Duran JM, Gimeno F, Vega JL, Fernandez-Aviles F. Successful treatment of vasospastic angina with a coronary stent. J Invasive Cardiol 2000; 12:586-8. [PMID: 11060572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Calcium antagonists are the treatment of choice in vasospasm angina when no stenosis or mild stenosis are present. We present a case in which ergonovine echocardiography showed vasospasm of the right coronary artery despite optimal medical treatment. Stenting of a mild stenosis in that artery successfully controlled vasospasm and a pre-discharge ergonovine echocardiographic test was negative. The patient remains asymptomatic one year after stenting.
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- A Serrador
- Servicio de Cardiologia, Hospital Universitario, Ramon y Cajal 3, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Koschyk D, Münzel T, Brockhoff C, Meinertz T. Clinical picture. Prinzmetal angina. Lancet 2000; 356:1434. [PMID: 11052600 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)03142-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- D Koschyk
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Hong MK, Park SW, Lee CW, Ko JY, Kang DH, Song JK, Kim JJ, Mintz GS, Park SJ. Intravascular ultrasound findings of negative arterial remodeling at sites of focal coronary spasm in patients with vasospastic angina. Am Heart J 2000; 140:395-401. [PMID: 10966536 DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.108829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND There are few data about the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings in patients with vasospastic angina, especially regarding patterns of vascular remodeling. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary spasm was documented by angiography and electrocardiographic evidence of ischemia in 36 patients after administration of ergonovine (cumulative doses up to 350 microg). After relief of spasm with 1000 microg of intracoronary nitroglycerin, quantitative angiography and IVUS imaging were performed and analyzed by standard methods. The 36 focal spasm sites were compared with the proximal and distal reference segments. The angiographic baseline minimum lumen diameter measured 1.78 +/- 0.66 mm, which decreased to 0.66 +/- 0.38 mm with ergonovine provocation (P <.0001), increased to 2.66 +/- 0.64 mm after intracoronary nitroglycerin (P <.0001 compared with baseline and after ergonovine), and did not change after IVUS imaging (2.66 +/- 0.63, P =.9). By IVUS, atherosclerotic lesions were observed at all coronary spasm sites; the mean plaque burden measured 56% at the spasm site and 35% at the reference. Spasm site plaque composition was hypoechoic in 31 and hyperechoic, noncalcific in 5; there was no calcium. The mean eccentricity index (maximum divided by minimum plaque thickness) was 6.7. Positive remodeling (spasm site arterial area greater than proximal reference) was present in 5; intermediate remodeling (proximal reference greater than spasm site greater than distal reference arterial area) was present in 7; and negative remodeling (spasm site arterial area less than distal reference) was present in 24. CONCLUSIONS Sites of vasospasm in patients with variant angina showed characteristics of early atherosclerosis, except for an unusually high incidence of negative arterial remodeling.
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- M K Hong
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Cardiac Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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Ito K, Akita H, Kanazawa K, Yamada S, Shiga N, Terashima M, Matsuda Y, Takai E, Iwai C, Takaoka H, Yokoyama M. Systemic endothelial function is preserved in men with both active and inactive variant angina pectoris. Am J Cardiol 1999; 84:1347-9, A8. [PMID: 10614804 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00571-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To test the hypothesis that coronary spasm could be a coronary manifestation of systemic endothelial dysfunction and that the activity of coronary spasm could influence systemic endothelial function, we examined brachial flow-mediated, endothelium-dependent vasodilation and nitroglycerin-induced endothelium-independent vasodilation with high-resolution ultrasound in 11 men with variant angina pectoris (6 active and 5 inactive) without established coronary atherosclerosis. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation in peripheral circulation was preserved in men with active and inactive variant angina pectoris, suggesting that systemic endothelial dysfunction is not involved in either the pathogenesis or the activity of coronary spasm.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Angina Pectoris, Variant/diagnostic imaging
- Angina Pectoris, Variant/drug therapy
- Angina Pectoris, Variant/physiopathology
- Blood Flow Velocity
- Brachial Artery/diagnostic imaging
- Brachial Artery/drug effects
- Brachial Artery/physiopathology
- Electrocardiography
- Endothelium, Vascular/diagnostic imaging
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiopathology
- Exercise Test
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/diagnostic imaging
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiopathology
- Nitroglycerin/pharmacology
- Observer Variation
- Prognosis
- Ultrasonography
- Vasodilation/drug effects
- Vasodilator Agents/pharmacology
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- K Ito
- The First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan
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Yoshida K, Utsunomiya T, Morooka T, Yazawa M, Kido K, Ogawa T, Ryu T, Ogata T, Tsuji S, Tokushima T, Matsuo S. Mental stress test is an effective inducer of vasospastic angina pectoris: comparison with cold pressor, hyperventilation and master two-step exercise test. Int J Cardiol 1999; 70:155-63. [PMID: 10454304 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5273(99)00079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cold pressor, hyperventilation and exercise stress tests were usually used for inducing an angina attack in patients with vasospastic angina pectoris. We induced vasospastic angina attack using the mental calculation stress test, and compared the results with those using other stress tests. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Subjects were 29 patients with vasospastic angina pectoris. Their ages were 60.8+/-8.4 years. Coronary vasospasm was induced by an acetylcholine infusion test during coronary angiography. The mental stress test was performed as follows; after memorizing six digits numbers, they repeated these numbers in reverse for 5 min, and performed serial subtraction of 17 from 1000 for 5 min. Blood pressure, heart rate and ECG were recorded every 1-5 min during the mental stress test. The serum concentrations of epinephrine and norepinephrine were measured before and during the mental stress test. We compared these results with those obtained using cold pressor, hyperventilation and the Master two-step exercise stress test. RESULTS (1) Eight of the 29 patients (28%) showed ischemic ST-T change, which was caused by the mental stress test. (2) The increase in norepinephrine was greater in patients with an ST-T change than without an ST-T change (0.11+/-0.06 vs. 0.04+/-0.04 ng/ml, P<0.01). (3) The incidence of the ST-T change caused by the mental stress test (28%) was similar to the cold pressor test (27%) and greater than that caused by the hyperventilation test (13%). The incidence of ST-T change caused by the Master two-step test was 55%. CONCLUSIONS The mental stress test is an effective inducer of vasospastic angina attack, and attack may be induced by neurohumoral vasoconstrictive reflex and/or increased left ventricular afterload.
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- K Yoshida
- Department of Internal Medicine, Saga Medical School, Japan
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Gaspardone A, Tomai F, Versaci F, Ghini AS, Polisca P, Crea F, Chiariello L, Gioffrè PA. Coronary artery stent placement in patients with variant angina refractory to medical treatment. Am J Cardiol 1999; 84:96-8, A8. [PMID: 10404861 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We performed a prospective study to establish the efficacy of coronary stent placement in a highly selected group of patients with focal coronary artery spasm in whom anginal attacks could not be prevented by full medical therapy. The results of this study indicate that intracoronary stent placement may represent an alternative and feasible treatment for patients with vasospastic angina refractory to aggressive medical therapy.
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- A Gaspardone
- Divisione di Cardiochirurgia, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Kim HS, Lee MM, Oh BH, Song JM, Park SK, Yoo KY, Park YB, Choi YS, Lee YW. Variant angina is not associated with angiotensin I converting enzyme gene polymorphism but rather with smoking. Coron Artery Dis 1999; 10:227-33. [PMID: 10376201 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199906000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) perhaps plays roles in regulating coronary vasomotor tone by producing angiotensin II and degrading bradykinin. OBJECTIVES We sought to investigate the role of ACE gene polymorphism in the pathogenesis of variant angina and to compare it with that of other clinical risk factors for male patients with variant angina and age-matched and sex-matched control subjects. METHODS We studied 78 male patients with variant angina who exhibited spontaneous or provoked coronary spasms during coronary angiography and compared prevalences of ACE gene genotype (deletion D and insertion I) and other risk factors between this group of patients with variant angina and age-matched and sex-matched control subjects whose angiograms were normal and in whom the ergonovine test did not cause spasms (n = 80). RESULTS Smokers were more prevalent in the group of patients with variant angina (P < 0.05). Genotype and allele prevalences of the group of patients with variant angina (0.14, 0.53 and 0.33 for DD, DI and II and 0.41 and 0.59 for D and I, respectively) were no different from those of the control group (0.16, 0.49 and 0.35 for DD, DI and II and 0.40 and 0.60 for D and I). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that smoking was a significant risk factor for variant angina (odds ratio 2.61, 95% confidence interval 1.03-6.66) whereas ACE genotype was not. CONCLUSIONS Variant angina is associated with an environmental factor, such as smoking, rather than a genetic factor, such as ACE gene polymorphism.
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- H S Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea.
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Watanabe K, Ohta Y, Toba K, Ogawa Y, Aizawa Y, Tanabe N, Kato K, Hirokawa Y, Hirono S, Ohkura Y, Fuse K, Ito M, Kodama M, Nakamura Y, Kusano Y, Miyajima S, Nagatomo T. Abnormal fatty acid metabolism in patients with coronary vasospasm. Ann Nucl Med 1999; 13:33-41. [PMID: 10202946 DOI: 10.1007/bf03165425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Although various noninvasive methods have been used to detect vasospasm, none of them are sensitive enough for patients with sporadic attacks. Since abnormal fatty acid metabolism is observed in ischemic myocardium, 123I-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP), a radiolabeled fatty acid analog, has recently been proposed as a useful tracer for detecting myocardial damage. The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical implications of decreased myocardial BMIPP uptake in patients with vasospastic angina. We evaluated 53 patients with vasospastic angina (32 with clinically documented vasospasm [Group-A] and 21 with vasospasm induced by ergonovine provocation [Group-B]) and 27 control subjects, 20 in Group-A were re-evaluated 6 months after medical treatment. The territorial regions of vasospasm-induced coronary artery, the wall motion by left ventriculography, and BMIPP uptake were compared. Vasospasm was induced in multiple coronary arteries in 29 (55%) patients. Reduced wall motion and decreased BMIPP uptake were observed in 19 (36%) patients and 47 (89%) patients, respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of determination of vasospasm-induced coronary arteries with BMIPP scintigraphy were 71% (69/97 coronary arteries) and 88% (126/143), respectively. Vasospasm was re-induced by ergonovine provocation in 8 patients (Group-I) and not re-induced in 12 (Group-II) after treatment. In Group-I, improvement of decreased BMIPP uptake was lower than in Group-II (19+/-11 vs. 59+/-22%, mean+/-SD, p < 0.001). The regions in which vasospasm was re-provoked exhibited decreased BMIPP uptake. Abnormal fatty acid metabolism was more often observed than wall motion abnormality in the vasospastic region in patients with vasospastic angina. BMIPP scintigraphy is a highly accurate and non-invasive technique for determining the presence and location of vasospasm.
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- K Watanabe
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Niigata College of Pharmacy, Japan.
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Wu J, Takeda T, Toyama H, Ajisaka R, Masuoka T, Watanabe S, Sato M, Ishikawa N, Itai Y. Phase changes caused by hyperventilation stress in spastic angina pectoris analyzed by first-pass radionuclide ventriculography. Ann Nucl Med 1999; 13:13-8. [PMID: 10202943 DOI: 10.1007/bf03165422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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To understand the effect of hyperventilation (HV) stress in patients with spastic angina, left ventricular (LV) contraction was analyzed by quantitative phase analysis. The study was performed on 36 patients with spastic angina pectoris, including vasospastic angina pectoris (VspAP: 16 patients) and variant angina pectoris (VAP: 20 patients). First-pass radionuclide ventriculography (first-pass RNV) was performed at rest and after HV stress, and standard deviation of the LV phase distribution (SD) was analyzed. The SD was lower in patients with VspAP than in VAP (12.8+/-1.4 degrees vs. 14.6+/-2.2 degrees, p < 0.005) at rest. After HV stress, the SD (HVSD) tended to increase in VspAP patients (62.5%), whereas the SD decreased in VAP patients (70%). Due to HV stress, the percentage change in SD (%SD) in VspAP patients was 8.9+/-23.7% whereas that in VAP patients was -9.1+/-17.3% (p < 0.01). Moreover, phase histograms were divided into HVSD increase and HVSD decrease groups. The HVSD increase group had a decrease of HVEF, but the HVSD decrease group tended to have more decreased HVEF than the HVSD increase group. These results indicate that spastic angina pectoris patients show various responses to HV stress. The HVSD increase group might have additional myocardial ischemia due to regional coronary spasm. In contrast, in the HVSD decrease group severe LV dysfunction or diffuse wall motion abnormality might have been generated, and this caused a reduction in the SD value. Phase analysis would therefore add new information regarding electrocardiographically silent myocardial ischemia due to coronary spasm, and HV stress might increase sensitivity for the detection of abnormalities in quantitative phase analysis, especially in VspAP patients.
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- J Wu
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kuppens C, Put P, Mertens D, Jaspers L, Dendale P, Benit E. Coronary NIR stent implantation for refractory variant angina. Acta Cardiol 1998; 53:169-71. [PMID: 9793572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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A 44-year-old woman with severe variant angina refractory to maximal medical therapy and at risk of sudden death was successfully treated by a NIR stent implantation on a moderate lesion of LAD. Six months later she was asymptomatic, without in-stent restenosis. This procedure represents an alternative treatment for patients with refractory vasospastic angina.
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- C Kuppens
- Division of Invasive Cardiology, Hartcentrum Hasselt, Virga-Jesseziekenhuis, Belgium
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Kaski JC. [Coronary artery spasm: physiopathology and clinical presentation]. Rev Port Cardiol 1998; 17:856-7. [PMID: 9935296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Goel PK, Kapoor A. Letter to the editor: re Nakamura. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998; 44:457-9. [PMID: 9716220 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199808)44:4<457::aid-ccd26>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mehanny S, DePuey EG. Poststress coronary spasm: an unusual cause of regional akinesis with normal perfusion on gated perfusion spect. J Nucl Cardiol 1998; 5:109-10. [PMID: 9504881 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(98)80018-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- S Mehanny
- Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10025, USA
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We could detect recruitable backward collateral flow in systole and diastole by using a Doppler guide wire during coronary artery spasm in a 42-year-old female among 20 patients with documented variant angina. The electrocardiogram (ECG) showed no ST-segment deviation, although she had chest pain and her coronary angiography showed a totally occluded right coronary artery. After administration of isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) the collateral flow disappeared and the flow pattern recovered to normal. The good collateral flow pattern in patient with totally occluded coronary artery due to spasm was indicated to relieve myocardial ischemia, even when the patient felt chest pain.
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- N Tasaki
- Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital
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