Coronary artery spasm: Is ST-elevation key for diagnosis?

Pedro A. Villablanca; David F. Briceno; Anand D. Jagannath; Martin Cohen; Robert Pyo

doi:10.1080/17482941.2016.1234057

Coronary artery spasm: Is ST-elevation key for diagnosis?

Pedro A. Villablanca, David F. Briceno, Anand D. Jagannath, Martin Cohen, Robert Pyo

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Coronary vasospasm is uncommon during pregnancy and the postpartum period. We present a very rare case of an acute coronary vasospasm in a 36-year-old woman who was two weeks postpartum. The coronary arteriograms showed a coronary vasospasm in the distal left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries. Electrocardiogram (ECG) presentation was atypical, with T-wave inversions in leads I, aVL, and V2 to V6. To our knowledge, this is the first case with a well-documented coronary artery vasospasm in a postpartum woman without the classic ST elevation on ECG. Management should follow the usual principles of care for acute coronary vasospasm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-12
Number of pages	2
Journal	Acute Cardiac Care
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/17482941.2016.1234057
State	Published - Jan 2 2016

Keywords

Coronary vasospasm
ST elevation
postpartum

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Emergency Medicine
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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