Coronary artery spasm and its relationship to exercise in patients without severe coronary obstructive disease.
Coronary artery spasm is reported to occur with exercise. In patients without severe coronary atherosclerosis, the evidence for exercise-induced coronary artery spasm is limited. Three patients with positive exercise tests but no severe coronary atherosclerosis are presented. Coronary artery spasm was provoked and verified by angiography in all three, but coronary angiography during exercise failed to demonstrate spasm. The literature is reviewed and the value of a routine protocol for evaluation is discussed.
University of Florida, Division of Cardiology, JHMHC, Gainesville 32610.
J A
JA
Hill
C R
CR
Conti
R L
RL
Feldman
C J
CJ
Pepine
D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011859:Radiography