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Nifedipine in the Treatment of Life Threatening Prinzmetal Angina
Author(s) -
Campbell T. J.,
Hickie J. B.,
Michell G.,
O'Rourke M. F.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04141.x
Subject(s) - nifedipine , medicine , angina , anesthesia , vasodilation , cardiology , sublingual administration , calcium , myocardial infarction
Summary: Nifedipine is a non‐nitrate vasodilator which has proved effective, in oral form, in Europe 1 , Japan 2 , and the USA 3 for treatment of Prinzmetal Angina. The drug has not been used before in Australia. We report a patient with Prinzmetal's variant angina, complicated by recurrent syncopal episodes due to ventricular arrhythmias. The attacks were resistant to standard therapy except sublingual nitro‐glycerin but ceased completely during treatment with nifedipine.