A Case of Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Coronary Artery Spasm

Primero Ng; Jon Spiro; Imran Shiekh; Carl Schultz; Richard Alcock

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102127

A Case of Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Coronary Artery Spasm

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Nov 16:28:102127. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102127. eCollection 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Primero Ng¹, Jon Spiro^{1

2}, Imran Shiekh¹, Carl Schultz^{1

2}, Richard Alcock¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia.
² Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

Abstract

Coronary artery spasm remains an important yet rarely recognized cause of myocardial ischemia, which may manifest as vasospastic angina, ventricular arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. Here we present a case of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiac arrest secondary to coronary artery spasm, diagnosed with invasive coronary function testing.

Keywords: STEMI; acute coronary syndrome; cardiac arrest; coronary artery spasm.

Publication types

Case Reports