Corticosteroid therapy was effective in controlling refractory coronary vasospasms complicated by hypereosinophilia.
A 48-year-old man suffered from uncontrollable coronary vasospasms, even when taking the maximum dose of vasodilators. The patient had a history of hypereosinophilia, and as the eosinophilia worsened, more frequent and intense coronary spastic angina (CSA) attacks occurred. He was treated with 20 mg/day of oral prednisolone, and the chest symptoms of CSA completely resolved thereafter. We encountered a refractory CSA patient with an allergic predisposition for which the oral administration of corticosteroids was markedly effective. Although the priority of corticosteroid therapy is not clinically high in patients with CSA, it can be effective especially in patients with an allergic background.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nantan General Hospital, Japan.
Tetsuya
T
Nomura
Natsuya
N
Keira
Shunta
S
Taminishi
Hiroshi
H
Kubota
Yusuke
Y
Higuchi
Sho
S
Ikegame
Kensuke
K
Terada
Taku
T
Kato
Yota
Y
Urakabe
Tetsuya
T
Tatsumi
D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone