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Diffuse coronary artery spasm treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Author(s) -

C. H. SMITH,

Enoch Akowuah,

Sanjay Theodore,

Robin Brown

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.03.005

Subject(s) - medicine , vasospasm , artery , cardiology , angiography , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , coronary vasospasm , complication , bypass grafting , coronary artery bypass surgery , vasodilation , extracorporeal circulation , coronary angiography , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , subarachnoid hemorrhage

Diffuse coronary vasospasm is an unpredictable and serious complication following coronary artery bypass surgery. The treatment of this emergency is dependent on patient suitability for angiography and direct injection of vasodilators into the affected vessels. In patients unable to proceed to angiography the diagnosis can only be suspected but treatment is nevertheless still towards reinstitution of coronary blood flow. We present one such case in which re-grafting and extracorporeal membranous oxygenation proved successful in restoring cardiac function in a patient with diffuse coronary artery spasm.

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