Prevention of vasospastic angina by alcohol ingestion: report of 2 cases.
The authors report 2 patients with vasospastic angina in whom alcohol ingestion was effective in preventing angina. Coronary angiography revealed no organic coronary stenosis but demonstrated coronary artery spasm during angina attacks. In 1 patient, alcohol ingestion every six hours completely suppressed frequent spontaneous angina. In the other patient, alcohol ingestion markedly prolonged the duration of the exercise on treadmill testing by preventing exercise-induced coronary spasm.
Matsuguchi
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Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Araki
H
H
Nakamura
N
N
Etoh
Y
Y
Okamatsu
S
S
Takeshita
A
A
Nakamura
M
M
D000434:Alcoholic Beverages; D000788:Angina Pectoris, Variant / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002932:Cineangiography; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000431:Ethanol