title: [Ventriculer fibrillation due to Prinzmetal angina in a pregnant patient].
abstract: Variant angina, which is also referred to as prinzmetal or coronary vasospastic angina, is a clinical entity characterized by episodes of angina pectoris, usually at rest and often between midnight and early morning, in association with ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram. Angina is usually caused by focal spasm of a major coronary artery resulting in a high-grade obstruction, and myocardial infarction may develop in some cases. We report a prinzmetal angina which caused ventricular fibrillation and cardiac arrest in an 18-week pregnant woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey. agundes5@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gündeş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çelik
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: İsmail Türkay
authors.initials: İT
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Çamsarı
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000788:Angina Pectoris, Variant / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*