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Idiopathic Carotid and Coronary Vasospasm: A New Syndrome?
Author(s) -
Yoshimoto Haruko,
Matsuo Seigo,
Umemoto Tomoyuki,
Kawakami Noriaki,
Moriyama Takashi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00460.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vasospasm , coronary vasospasm , cardiology , myocardial infarction , internal carotid artery , acute coronary syndrome , carotid arteries , subarachnoid hemorrhage , coronary angiography
We present the first case of cerebral infarction due to idiopathic reversible vasospasm of the extracranial internal carotid artery without headache or identifiable cause in a patient who subsequently suffered acute myocardial infarction due to vasospasm of the coronary artery.