Heart 1998;80:197-199 ( August )
Case report
Coronary spasm in acute myocardial infarction
a University
Department Of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK, b Department of Cardiology, Walsgrave
Hospital, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
Correspondence to: Dr Lip. email: greg{at}chtmedicine.demon.co.uk
Accepted for publication 12 January 1998
A 30 year old man had an acute anterolateral myocardial
infarction following which he developed unstable angina requiring percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. He subsequently developed further angina with recurrence of coronary artery lesions that were reversed by intracoronary nitrate. A diagnosis of prinzmetal (vasospastic) angina was made and this had been the apparent cause of
his myocardial infarction. He was treated with a calcium antagonist and
an oral long acting nitrate with resolution of symptoms. He remained
well and symptom free, and was reviewed in the outpatient clinic
six weeks after discharge without problems.
© 1998 by Heart
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Goolamali, S. I., Loh, V. L., Sopher, M.
(2004). The head-up tilt test -- a cause of myocardial infarction. Europace
6: 548-551
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Welsh, D. G., Brayden, J. E.
(2001). Mechanisms of coronary artery depolarization by uridine triphosphate. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.
280: H2545-H2553
[Abstract] [Full Text]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
-
Drugs: cardiovascular system
-
Acute coronary syndromes
-
Interventional cardiology
- Percutaneous intervention
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
