Immediate relief of spontaneous coronary artery spasm by intracoronary infusion of an endothelium-dependent vasodilator, substance P

Jpn Heart J. 1995 Jan;36(1):111-4. doi: 10.1536/ihj.36.111.

Abstract

This report describes a 45-year-old Japanese man who had episodes of anginal chest pain on effort. Coronary arteriography in the baseline state revealed subtotal occlusion in the mid-portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. After intracoronary infusion of an endothelium-dependent vasodilator, substance P, the subtotal occlusion was immediately abolished. We concluded that endothelium-dependent vasodilation evoked with substance P was present at the site where coronary vasospasm occurred spontaneously in our case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Coronary Vasospasm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vasospasm / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitric Oxide / administration & dosage
  • Nitric Oxide / therapeutic use*
  • Substance P / administration & dosage
  • Substance P / therapeutic use*
  • Vasodilator Agents / administration & dosage
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Substance P