• A person with Prinzmetal's Angina has a higher risk of:

    ventricular arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, heart block, heart attack and
    sudden death.
    The condition occurs suddenly, without preceding changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Most patients have underlying coronary artery disease, but some have normal arteries.
  • Prinzmetal’s Variant Angina I wish to take exception to some of the main conclusions expressed by Scherf and Cohen in their editorial on variant angina pectoris (Circulation 49: 787, 1974). They suggest that “Prinzmetal’s angina” is neither new nor unique; … Continue reading

    Ann Thorac Surg 1993;56:170-173 © 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ——————————————————————————– Articles Coronary artery spasm after aortic valve replacement Koki Tsuchida, MD*, Takahiro Takemura, MD, Mikihiro Kijima, MD, Shuichi Matsumoto, MD Divisions of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology, Hoshi General … Continue reading

    Temporary left ventricular assist and levosimendan for coronary artery spasm Ulrich R. Döpfmera,*, Jan P. Brauna, Joachim Grossea and Wolfgang Konertzb a Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care, Charité University Hospital, Campus Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20–21, 10117 Berlin, Germany b … Continue reading

    Diffuse coronary artery spasm treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Chez Smith*, Enoch Akowuah, Sanjay Theodore, Robin Brown Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia Received 7 December 2008; received in revised form 5 February 2009; … Continue reading

    Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:108-115 © 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ——————————————————————————– Articles Coronary Artery Spasm Following Coronary Artery Surgery John H. Lemmer, Jr., M.D.*, Marvin M. Kirsh, M.D. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, … Continue reading

    Progression and Regression of Coronary Stenosis in the Long-term Follow-up of Vasospastic Angina Yukio Ozaki, MD, PhD; David Keane, MB, MRCPI, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC From the Catheterization Laboratory, Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, … Continue reading

    CLINICAL STUDY: INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY Limited role of coronary angioplasty and stentingin coronary spastic angina with organic stenosis Yasuhiko Tanabe, MD*,*, Eiichi Itoh, MD*, Kaoru Suzuki, MD*, Masahiro Ito, MD*, Yukio Hosaka, MD*, Iwao Nakagawa, MD* and Makoto Kumakura, MD* * … Continue reading

    Variations in presentation and various options in management of variant angina Pankaj Kumar Mishra * Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow G31 2ER, United Kingdom Received 12 November 2005; received in revised form 18 January … Continue reading

    Dihydroergotamine-Induced Vasospastic Angina in a Patient Taking a Calcium Channel Blocker

    Daniel H Schenkat1, Lucas T Schulz, PharmD2*, and Benjamin D Johnson, PharmD3 1 at time of writing, PharmD Student, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; now, Clinical Pharmacist, Monroe Clinic Hospital, Monroe, WI 2 Critical Care Pharmacist, Pharmacy … Continue reading

    Depression with Panic Episodes and Coronary Vasospasm

    Cardiovasc Psychiatry Neurol. 2009; 2009: 453786. Published online 2009 June 1. doi: 10.1155/2009/453786. PMCID: PMC2790183 Copyright © 2009 Mladen I. Vidovich et al. Depression with Panic Episodes and Coronary Vasospasm Mladen I. Vidovich,1, 2* Aneet Ahluwalia,3 and Radmila Manev2, 3 … Continue reading