Syncope as the presentation of unstable angina.
A 71-year-old woman presented with syncope in association with unstable angina. Coronary angiography and subsequent postmortem findings demonstrated severe coronary arterial disease. The importance of the association of syncope with unstable angina and possible underlying mechanisms are discussed.
Dixon
M S
MS
Department of Cardiology, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
Thomas
P
P
Sheridan
D J
DJ
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology