Sequential Spasm Provocation Tests under Medications Are Indispensable in Patients with Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death due to Coronary Spasm

Shozo Sueda; Tomoki Sakaue; Takafumi Okura

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.4953-20

Sequential Spasm Provocation Tests under Medications Are Indispensable in Patients with Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death due to Coronary Spasm

Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1;59(17):2211-2212. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4953-20. Epub 2020 May 26.

Authors

Shozo Sueda¹, Tomoki Sakaue², Takafumi Okura²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Niihama Hospital, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology, Yawatahama City General Hospital, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: aborted sudden cardiac death; acetylcholine; coronary spasm; ergonovine; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; sequential spasm provocation test.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Coronary Vasospasm*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Humans
Spasm