Do not forget: coronary spasm does exist!
Author(s) -
Marta Andrade,
João Maciel,
Jorge Almeida,
Paulo Pinho
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs655
Subject(s) - cardiology , medicine
A 36-year old woman was proposed for urgent revascularization for severe left coronary disease with left main involvement diagnosed in the setting of acute coronary syndrome with ST-elevation. Considering the patient’s age and gender, coronariography was repeated under vasodilator therapy (Fig. 1, Supplementary Video 1 and 2). Coronary spasm was revealed. Supplementary material is available at EJCTS online. Video 1: We can observe diffuse and tight left coronary stenosis with left main involvement. Video 2: Left coronary angiography shows full resolution of the previous stenosis.
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