Coronary vasospasm
| Coronary vasospasm | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-9-CM | 413.1 |
| DiseasesDB | 13727 |
| MedlinePlus | 000159 |
| eMedicine | med/447 |
| MeSH | D003329 |
Coronary vasospasm is a sudden, intense vasoconstriction of an epicardial coronary artery that causes vessel occlusion or near occlusion.
It can cause Prinzmetal's angina.
It can occur in multiple vessels.[1][2]
Atropine has been used to treat the condition.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Ahooja V, Thatai D (July 2007). "Multivessel coronary vasospasm mimicking triple-vessel obstructive coronary artery disease". J Invasive Cardiol 19 (7): E178–81. PMID 17620681.
- ↑ Miwa K, Ishii K, Makita T, Okuda N (May 2004). "Diagnosis of multivessel coronary vasospasm by detecting postischemic regional left ventricular delayed relaxation on echocardiography using color kinesis" (– Scholar search). Circ. J. 68 (5): 483–7. doi:10.1253/circj.68.483. PMID 15118293.
- ↑ Turkoglu S, Arpag U, Timurkaynak T (February 2007). "Spontaneous coronary vasospasm in the catheterisation laboratory: prompt resolution after atropine injection". Heart 93 (2): 215. doi:10.1136/hrt.2006.093187. PMC 1861368. PMID 17228071.
Further reading
- Hibino H, Kurachi Y (March 2006). "A new insight into the pathogenesis of coronary vasospasm". Circ. Res. 98 (5): 579–81. doi:10.1161/01.RES.0000215571.12500.ab. PMID 16543506.
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