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Thyrotoxicosis-Related Left Main Coronary Artery Spasm Presenting As Acute Coronary Syndrome
Cureus, 2022 Thyrotoxicosis can cause acute chest pain without ST changes in EKG due to coronary artery spasm. Its diagnosis can be particularly challenging as the symptoms may mimic acute coronary syndrome.
Reema Anjum +4 more
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979 Coronary artery spasm is an important pathogenetic mechanism in some forms of myocardial ischemic disease. Factors that may be important in the genesis of spasm include the autonomic nervous system, prostaglandins, endoperoxides, thromboxanes, and the calcium availability to the contractile apparatus. Spasm results in myocardial ischemia with attendant
R J, Luchi, R A, Chahine, A E, Raizner
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Spontaneous multi-focal coronary artery spasm: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research, 2016 Spontaneous coronary artery vasospasm is one of the important causes of acute chest pain syndromes. The diagnosis of diffuse multifocal spasm can be quite challenging and it could be easily mistaken for diffuse coronary artery disease.
Mohammad Ali Ostovan +4 more
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Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2022 Coronary artery spasm after heart transplantation is a very rare complication. In one observational study and many anecdotal reports, most cases of coronary artery spasm occurred more than 1 year after surgery and had good outcomes.
Jaewook Chung +5 more
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Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2022 Coronary artery spasm after heart transplantation is a very rare complication. In one observational study and many anecdotal reports, most cases of coronary artery spasm occurred more than 1 year after surgery and had good outcomes.
Ji-Man Kang +10 more
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Инновационная медицина Кубани, 2021 The paper presents a clinical case of coronary artery spasm after implantation of bare metal stents. The 60-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with the progression of the coronary heart disease and high angina pectoris functional class for ...
Z. G. Tatarintseva +2 more
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Coronary artery spasm due to acute myocarditis in an adolescent: a case report
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Myocarditis refers to the inflammation of the myocardium caused by infection or autoimmune disease that may or may not present with clinical manifestations, such as gastrointestinal symptoms, dyspnea, chest pain, or sudden death.
Hoon Ko +4 more
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Multivessel Coronary Artery Spasm. [PDF]
JACC Case RepCoronary artery spasm (CAS) is a sudden, reversible narrowing of the lumen of the coronary arteries caused by spontaneous vascular smooth muscle hypercontractility. A 47-year-old woman with history of recurrent cardiac arrests presented after having a witnessed cardiac arrest requiring 3 shocks from her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Ahmed M +7 more
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Surgical revascularization for severe spasm in the left main coronary artery
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 A 46‐year‐old woman who presented with severe stenosis with endothelial damage caused by recurrent spasm in the left main coronary artery received medical therapy.
Kayo Sugiyama +3 more
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International Journal of Clinical Practice, 1991 INTRODUCTIONIt is now well over 100 years since Latham1 postulated coronary artery spasm as a mechanism for angina pectoris. In 1889, Huchard2 suggested that coronary spasm, superimposed on organic lesions, might explain some aspects of ischaemic heart disease.
M T, Rothman, B, Khan
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