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415675

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
In a series of 2000 coronary arteriographies, spasm of the coronary artery was found in 52 cases, which were divided into three groups: 41 cases of "iatrogenic" spasm caused by stimulating the ostium of the coronary artery (usually the right) with the tip of the catheter; 8 cases of spasm on top of an organic fixed lesion; 4 cases of coronary spasm on a coronary artery which was reported as "radiologically normal". The study includes a review of the circumstances which favour or impede discovery of coronary spasm, as well as a provocation test using methyl ergometrine. This test seems to be specific in that it only produced coronary spasm in patients with Prinzmetal's syndrome, and excluded the cases of angina with normal coronary arteriography. The patients with spasm on top of a fixed organic lesion underwent a successful aorto-coronary bypass graft together with resection of the pre- and sub-aortic nerve plexus. Patients with a spasm in an artery which was "arteriographically normal" were treated medically by nitrate compounds and vaso-dilators. Three of these patients had an excellent result with medical treatment. Treatment failed in the fourth patient, who then obtained benefit from straight-forward resection of the pre- and sub-aortic nerve plexus with an excellent result which has been maintained for over six months.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1233-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
[Coronary artery spasms].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports