Idiopathic carotid and coronary vasospasm: a new syndrome?
We present the first case of cerebral infarction due to idiopathic reversible vasospasm of the extracranial internal carotid artery without headache or identifiable cause in a patient who subsequently suffered acute myocardial infarction due to vasospasm of the coronary artery.
Yoshimoto
Haruko
H
Department of Neurosurgery, Moriyama Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. yoshimoto@moriyamaikai.or.jp
Matsuo
Seigo
S
Umemoto
Tomoyuki
T
Kawakami
Noriaki
N
Moriyama
Takashi
T
D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*