Thoracic Sympathectomy for Severe Refractory Multivessel Coronary Artery Spasm

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作者
Cardona-Guarache, Ricardo [1 ]
Pozen, Jonah [1 ]
Jahangiri, Arehzo [1 ]
Koneru, Jayanthi [1 ]
Shepard, Richard [1 ]
Roberts, Charlotte [1 ]
Abbate, Antonio [1 ]
Cassano, Anthony [2 ]
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[1] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Internal Med, Div Cardiol, Richmond, VA USA
[2] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Cardiac Surg, Richmond, VA 23284 USA
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10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.018
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Coronary artery spasm is a rare but potentially fatal disease. Herein, we report a case of recurrent ST-segment myocardial infarctions and ventricular fibrillation complicating severe multivessel coronary artery spasm successfully treated with bilateral thoracic surgical sympathectomy. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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