TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-valvular surgery multi-vessel coronary artery spasm - A literature review
AU - Formica, Francesco
AU - Bamodu, Oluwaseun Adebayo
AU - Mariani, Serena
AU - Paolini, Giovanni
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication was funded by the University of Milano-Bicocca Fund for Research (Fondi di Ateneo per la Ricerca, F.A.R. Grant number 2013-ATE-0555 ) to FF.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Coronary artery spasm (CAS) refers to the spontaneous or stimuli-induced transient, often localized and intense subtotal or total constriction/occlusion of the epicardial coronary artery, usually concomitant with angina pectoris with associated elevation of the ST segment on electrocardiogram (ECG).In this article, we present a literature review on post-valvular surgery CAS and report the clinical case of a 77. year-old man who experienced severe early post-aortic surgery chest pain and hemodynamic instability. Emergent coronary angiography revealed severe occlusion of multiple branches of both coronary arteries. The CAS was alleviated with intracoronary infusion of nitroglycerin.
AB - Coronary artery spasm (CAS) refers to the spontaneous or stimuli-induced transient, often localized and intense subtotal or total constriction/occlusion of the epicardial coronary artery, usually concomitant with angina pectoris with associated elevation of the ST segment on electrocardiogram (ECG).In this article, we present a literature review on post-valvular surgery CAS and report the clinical case of a 77. year-old man who experienced severe early post-aortic surgery chest pain and hemodynamic instability. Emergent coronary angiography revealed severe occlusion of multiple branches of both coronary arteries. The CAS was alleviated with intracoronary infusion of nitroglycerin.
KW - Acute coronary syndrome
KW - Aortic operation
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Vascular tone and reactivity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.10.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.10.010
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84955516088
SN - 2352-9067
VL - 10
SP - 32
EP - 38
JO - IJC Heart and Vasculature
JF - IJC Heart and Vasculature
ER -