Coronary artery spasm

"A 41-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and cigarette smoking was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain."

Images in clinical medicine. Acute myocardial infarction and coronary spasm.

N Engl J Med.1994;330:1420

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"55-year-old man suspected of having angina pectoris."

Reactive Hyperemia After Release of Coronary Spasm

Circulation.1999;99:589

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Images in clinical medicine. Coronary spasm.

Images in clinical medicine. Coronary spasm.

N Engl J Med.2002;346:579

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Edited by Donald L Vine MD