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Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels 3/2013

01.05.2013 | Original Article

Persistent coronary artery spasm documented by follow-up coronary angiography in patients with symptomatic remission of variant angina

verfasst von: Suk Min Seo, Pum Joon Kim, Dong Il Shin, Tae-Hoon Kim, Chan Jun Kim, Jin-soo Min, Yoon Seok Koh, Hun Jun Park, Dong Bin Kim, Sung-Ho Her, Ki-Yuk Chang, Sang Hong Baek, Wook Sung Chung, Ki-Bae Seung

Erschienen in: Heart and Vessels | Ausgabe 3/2013

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Abstract

For patients with variant angina it is very important to start medical therapy using calcium-channel blockers. However, the decision of physicians regarding whether to decrease the dose of the drug or discontinue it is controversial. We investigated whether the nature of spasm is remissive and whether the termination of medications is safe. The subjects studied were included in the Vasospastic Angina in Catholic Medical Center Registry from March 2001 to December 2009. We analyzed 37 patients (62 lesions) with variant angina, diagnosed using coronary angiography (CAG) and he acetylcholine provocation test, without any organic coronary stenosis, whose symptoms were well controlled after medication. The follow-up CAG with provocation test was performed at a median interval of 44 months. The characteristics of spasm were analyzed on each pair of CAGs. The study group consisted of 23 men (62.2 %) and 14 women (37.8 %) with a mean age of 59 ± 11.1 years. The follow-up CAG with provocation test showed that the characteristics of the spasmodic nature were consistent with the first test in all patients. Although the patients with variant angina had no chest pain after medical treatment, the spasmodic nature of coronary arteries still remained. We may decrease the drug dosage after carefully checking the patient’s symptoms but recommend not discontinuing therapy, even if the patient is asymptomatic.
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Metadaten
Titel
Persistent coronary artery spasm documented by follow-up coronary angiography in patients with symptomatic remission of variant angina
verfasst von
Suk Min Seo
Pum Joon Kim
Dong Il Shin
Tae-Hoon Kim
Chan Jun Kim
Jin-soo Min
Yoon Seok Koh
Hun Jun Park
Dong Bin Kim
Sung-Ho Her
Ki-Yuk Chang
Sang Hong Baek
Wook Sung Chung
Ki-Bae Seung
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2013
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Heart and Vessels / Ausgabe 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0910-8327
Elektronische ISSN: 1615-2573
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-012-0249-2

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