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ArticleWorld journal of cardiology2023

Does the intracoronary pressure differ according to two types (diffuse or focal) of coronary spasm?

Hiroki Teragawa, Chikage Oshita, Yuko Uchimura

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Article in World journal of cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hiroki TeragawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, JR Hiroshima Hospital, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan. hiroki-teragawa@jrhh.or.jp.
Chikage OshitaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, JR Hiroshima Hospital, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan.
Yuko UchimuraDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, JR Hiroshima Hospital, Hiroshima 732-0057, Japan.
Hiroshima General Hospital · JP

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Abstract

backgroundSeveral reports show that two types of coronary vasospasm (diffuse and focal spasm) are associated with the severity or prognosis of coronary spasm in patients with vasospastic angina (VSA). It is unclear whether intracoronary pressure differs between the two spasm types.

aimTo investigate such relationships using a pressure wire during the spasm provocation test (SPT) in patients with VSA.

methodsEighty-seven patients with VSA (average age: 67 years; 50 men, 37 women) underwent SPT. During the SPT, a pressure wire was advanced into the distal portion of the right coronary artery and left anterior descending coronary artery, and the ratio of the intracoronary pressure to the aortic pressure (Pd/Pa) was continuously monitored. An SPT was performed using acetylcholine (ACh), and the presence of coronary spasm was defined as the presence of > 90% arterial narrowing in response to an ACh infusion, with the usual chest symptoms and/or ischemic ECG changes. Focal spasm was defined as total or subtotal spasm within one segment of the AHA classification, while diffuse spasm was defined as > 90% spasm with two or more segments.

resultsAmong 87 patients, the frequencies of metabolic syndrome and having coronary atherosclerosis were higher in the focal group (

conclusionThese findings suggest that focal spasm may be more severe than diffuse spasm, judging from the intracoronary pressure during coronary spasm.

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AcetylcholineDiffuse or focal spasmIntracoronary pressureVasospastic angina

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PMID36714369
PMCPMC9850670
OpenAlexW4315645505

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