title: [Occluding spasm of the total left coronary artery during coronary angiography].
abstract: Catheter-induced coronary artery spasms are rare during diagnostic coronary angiography, and they occur more often after PTCA because of local vessel wall injury. These spasms are rapidly reversible after administration of nitroglycerine and are normally no cause of serious complications. We report about a catheter-induced occlusive spasm of the entire left anterior descending and circumflex coronary artery in a 56-year-old patient with coronary double-vessel disease, 70% restenosis of the LAD, and a history of two coronary angiographic procedures and one PTCA without any complication. The spasm occurred immediately after the intubation of the left main stem with a 9F PTCA guiding catheter before the coronary guide wire or balloon was advanced into the LAD. Cardiac resuscitation was necessary due to acute left heart failure. The spasm was spontaneously reversible, but reproducible. Therefore, life-threatening coronary artery spasm can occur during coronary angiography or PTCA, but the tendency of spontaneous spasm relief seems to be high.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung III, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dittmann
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Voelker
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kühlkamp
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Karsch
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D005996:Nitroglycerin
vernacular_title: Okkludierender Spasmus der gesamten linken Herzkranzarterie während Koronarangiographie.