[Cardiac arrest caused by coronary arterial vasospasm].
Coronary arterial vasospasm may be associated with acute myocardial infarction, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation as well as sudden death. Two case reports describing coronary vasospasm leading to ST-segment elevation and cardiac arrest are presented. Coronary arteriography revealed an occlusion that disappeared after injection of nitroglycerine. Both patients were treated with calcium antagonists and a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted. One year after the ICD implantation no tachyarrhythmias had been registered.
Kardiologisk Afdeling, Svendborg Sygehus, Valdemarsgade 53, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark. kat.mikala@gmail.com
Katrine Mikala
KM
Müllertz
Henrik Steen
HS
Hansen
D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005996:Nitroglycerin