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A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery spasm (CAS) can result in life-threatening arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Although this disorder has been known for a long time, little is known about it, and its mechanisms have been not identified yet. CASE REPORT: We describe a 52-year-old woman with no significa...

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Autores principales: Iranirad, Leili, Sadeghi, Mohammad Saleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942338
http://dx.doi.org/10.22122/arya.v14i1.1683
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description BACKGROUND: Coronary artery spasm (CAS) can result in life-threatening arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Although this disorder has been known for a long time, little is known about it, and its mechanisms have been not identified yet. CASE REPORT: We describe a 52-year-old woman with no significant cardiovascular risk factors who experienced several episodes of spontaneous and coincident multivessel coronary artery spasm, which led to myocardial infarction as well as malignant arrhythmias. Coronary angiography revealed severe migratory narrowing in the left anterior descending artery and right coronary artery. CONCLUSION: Simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm develop multisite myocardial infarction (MI), and malignant arrhythmias could occur even in the absence of significant stenosis and triggering factors, which would lead to an increased risk of life-threatening cardiac events.
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spelling pubmed-60118522018-06-25 A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation Iranirad, Leili Sadeghi, Mohammad Saleh ARYA Atheroscler Case Report BACKGROUND: Coronary artery spasm (CAS) can result in life-threatening arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. Although this disorder has been known for a long time, little is known about it, and its mechanisms have been not identified yet. CASE REPORT: We describe a 52-year-old woman with no significant cardiovascular risk factors who experienced several episodes of spontaneous and coincident multivessel coronary artery spasm, which led to myocardial infarction as well as malignant arrhythmias. Coronary angiography revealed severe migratory narrowing in the left anterior descending artery and right coronary artery. CONCLUSION: Simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm develop multisite myocardial infarction (MI), and malignant arrhythmias could occur even in the absence of significant stenosis and triggering factors, which would lead to an increased risk of life-threatening cardiac events. Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2018-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6011852/ /pubmed/29942338 http://dx.doi.org/10.22122/arya.v14i1.1683 Text en © 2018 Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center & Isfahan University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title_full A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title_fullStr A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title_short A rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
title_sort rare case of spontaneous and simultaneous multivessel coronary artery spasm leading to multisite myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942338
http://dx.doi.org/10.22122/arya.v14i1.1683
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