Cervical angina: a seemingly still neglected symptom of cervical spine disorder?
METHODS
Retrospective, case series.


METHODS
A review of 10 surgical cases with symptoms of cervical angina.


OBJECTIVE
To stress the importance of symptoms of cervical angina in patients with cervical spine disorders.


METHODS
Fukui University Hospital, Japan.


RESULTS
A total of 10 patients complaining of symptoms of cervical angina were admitted with a tentative diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Pain relief was achieved by anterior surgical decompression in all patients.


CONCLUSIONS
We stress that physicians should be aware of the symptoms of cervical angina and that surgical intervention often leads to complete relief of symptoms.
Nakajima
H
H
Division of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Japan.
Uchida
K
K
Kobayashi
S
S
Kokubo
Y
Y
Yayama
T
T
Sato
R
R
Inukai
T
T
Godfrey
T
T
Baba
H
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000453:epidemiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*