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Severe familial coronary artery spasm in 2 siblings: About 2 cases

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
Vasospastic angina is the spasm of coronary arteries causing transient myocardial ischemia. VSA is commonly managed with antispasmodic medications including calcium-channel blockers and nitrates.
Oualid Kerrouani, MD, Raid Faraj, MD, Abderrahmane Bouchaala, MD, Hassan Dib, MD, Nouhaila Lahmouch, MD, Iness Bargach, MD, Ouassima Kihoul, MD, Jamila Zarzur, PhD, Mohamed Cherti, PhD   +8 more
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Does Coronary Microvascular Spasm Exist? Objective Evidence from Intracoronary Doppler Flow Measurements During Acetylcholine Testing

Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, 2020
A 43-year-old woman with recurrent atypical angina underwent invasive coronary angiography including intracoronary Doppler blood flow assessment and coronary spasm provocation testing.
Fabian Guenther, Andreas Seitz, Valeria Martínez Pereyra, Raffi Bekeredjian, Udo Sechtem, Peter Ong   +5 more
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Sotalol-Induced Coronary Spasm in a Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia [PDF]

, 2004
A 54-year-old man with severe left ventricular dysfunction due to dilated cardiomyopathy was referred to our hospital for symptomatic incessant sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT). After the administration of nifekalant hydrochloride, sustained VT was
Tanaka, Kyoei, Genji TODA, Yano, Katsusuke, Norihiro KOMIYA, Shinji SETO, Muto, Shigenori, Naoto ASHIZAWA, Syuji ARAKAWA, Seto, Shinji, Arakawa, Syuji, Toda, Genji, Ashizawa, Naoto, Komiya, Norihiro, Shigenori MUTO, Katsusuke YANO, Kyoei TANAKA   +15 more
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INCIDENCE AND PREDICTORS OF RADIAL ARTERY SPASM DURING LEFT HEART CATHERIZATION

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To determine the incidence of radial artery spasm and various predictors leading to radial artery spasm during coronary angiography/angioplasty in Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases Rawalpindi.
Muhammad Waqas Mazhar, Farhan Tuyyab, Ariz Samin, Kumail Abbas Khan, Sajid Khan, Azmat Ullah, Shanzah Khan, Naheed Kausar   +7 more
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A Case of Spontaneous Multivessel Coronary Artery Spasm That Underwent Stent Implantation Accompanying ST Segment Elevation on Inferior Electrocardiographic Leads

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2016
Coronary artery spasm is usually defined as a focal constriction of a coronary artery segment, which is reversible, and causes myocardial ischaemia by restricting coronary blood flow.
Nuray Kahraman Ay, Muharrem Nasifov, Ömer Goktekin   +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, Taehong Kim, Hyoung Doo Lee, Joung-Hee Byun, Ki Seok Choo   +4 more
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Clinical Outcomes and Provoked Epicardial Spasm Phenotypes via Intracoronary Acetylcholine Testing in 680 Patients with Angina and Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries

Life, 2022
Background: Epicardial spasm (ES) phenotypes may be related to the prognosis in patients with coronary spastic angina. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between angiographic coronary vasomotor responses to ...
Shozo Sueda, Keisho Kurokawa, Tsukasa Kurokawa, Tomoki Sakaue, Shuntaro Ikeda   +4 more
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Histamine-induced spasm not significantly modulated by prostanoids in a swine model of coronary artery spasm [PDF]

, 1985
The role of prostanoids in a swine model of coronary artery spasm was examined. Eighteen miniature pigs underwent endothelial denudation of the left coronary artery (left circumflex branch in 14 pigs and left anterior descending branch in 4 pigs ...
Nabeyama, Show, Shimokawa, Hiroaki, Tomoike, Hitonobu, Yamamoto, Hideo, Nakamura, Motoomi   +4 more
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Acetylcholine-induced coronary spasm in patients with unobstructed coronary arteries is associated with elevated concentrations of soluble CD40 ligand and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

, 2015
Objectives: To assess whether epicardial and microvascular coronary artery spasm in response to acetylcholine (ACH) is associated with markers of inflammation, platelet stimulation, and endothelial activation in patients with angina and unobstructed ...
Sechtem, U., Ratge, D., Gaze, D.C., Carro, A., Ong, P., Athanasiadis, A., Schäufele, T., Kaski, J., Borgulya, G.   +8 more
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Recurrent acute coronary syndrome due to coronary artery spasm in different coronary arteries [PDF]

, 2013
Coronary artery spasm (CAS) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of a wide variety of ischemic heart diseases. Several case reports have shown that CAS due to hypocalcemia can mimic myocardial infarction.
Saman Rasoul, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, Dambrink, Jan-Henk E., Rasoul, Saman   +3 more
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