Open AccessSyncope in Prinzmetal’s variant angina
Author(s) -
Nicola Parenti,
Fabrizio Mucci,
Tiziano Lenzi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
emergency care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-2054
pISSN - 1826-9826
DOI - 10.4081/ecj.2006.2.7
Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , angina , emergency department , cardiology , disease , coronary artery disease , myocardial infarction , psychiatry
Syncope is a very common disease in Emergency Department. Prinzmetal’s variant angina has an high prevalence in Italy. It could begin as a syncope. Early diagnosis of both is important because their prognosis is sometimes unfavourable. During initial evaluation, physical and instrumental exams aren’t often diagnostic. On the contrary, the history is often useful. If there is a diagnostic hypothesis of cardiac syncope, ECG monitoring, also for 48-72 hours, is fundamental