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Stenting for treatment of coronary vasospasm

โœ Scribed by Rabinowitz, Alan ;Dodek, Arthur ;Carere, Ronald G. ;Webb, John G.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
377 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-6569

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โœฆ Synopsis

Following an acute anterior myocardial infarction, a 56-yr-old female underwent two bailoon angioplasty procedures for a recurrent proximal left anterior descending artery stenosls. She had recurrent angina pectoris. Anglography showed a noncritical restenosls with marked provocable superimposed vasospasm. Despite repeat balloon dilatation and stenting of the lesion, she developed recurrent symptoms. One month later, anglography showed progressive fixed disease and reversible spasm proximal and distal to, but not Involving, the stented arterial segment. She underwent single-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting, and Is asymptomatic at 6-mo follow-up.

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