Sudden cardiac death from coronary artery spasm in a healthy subject.
The true incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) from coronary artery spasm is unknown. The following case involves SCD in a previously asymptomatic young man with reasonable evidence to implicate coronary artery spasm as a potential cause for his clinical event. Ergonovine provocation may be warranted in patients who present with SCD and no discernable cause.
Tecce
M A
MA
Philadelphia Heart Institute, PA 19104.
Schalet
B D
BD
Roberts
S A
SA
Iskandrian
A S
AS
Mette
S A
SA
Segal
B L
BL
D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000175:diagnosis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004874:Ergonovine; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D004874:Ergonovine