Coronary vasospasm
| Coronary vasospasm | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Cardiology |
Coronary vasospasm is a sudden, intense vasoconstriction of an epicardial coronary artery that causes occlusion (stoppage) or near-occlusion of the vessel.
It can cause Prinzmetal's angina.
It can occur in multiple vessels.[1][2]
Atropine has been used to treat the condition.[3]
References
- ^ Ahooja V, Thatai D (July 2007). "Multivessel coronary vasospasm mimicking triple-vessel obstructive coronary artery disease". J Invasive Cardiol. 19 (7): E178–81. PMID 17620681. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16.
- ^ Miwa K, Ishii K, Makita T, Okuda N (May 2004). "Diagnosis of multivessel coronary vasospasm by detecting postischemic regional left ventricular delayed relaxation on echocardiography using color kinesis". Circ. J. 68 (5): 483–7. doi:10.1253/circj.68.483. PMID 15118293.
- ^ Turkoglu S, Arpag U, Timurkaynak T (February 2007). "Spontaneous coronary vasospasm in the catheterisation laboratory: prompt resolution after atropine injection". Heart. 93 (2): 215. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093187. PMC 1861368. PMID 17228071.
Further reading
- Hibino H, Kurachi Y (March 2006). "A new insight into the pathogenesis of coronary vasospasm". Circ. Res. 98 (5): 579–81. doi:10.1161/01.RES.0000215571.12500.ab. PMID 16543506.
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