Significance of intravascular ultrasound and exercise stress echocardiography in diagnosis of exercise-induced vasospastic angina at the site of moderate stenosis |
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Authors: | Makio Muraishi Kentaro Shibayama Masahiko Noguchi Hiroyuki Watanabe Kotaro Obunai |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Cardiology,Tokyo Bay Urayasu Ichikawa Medical Center,Urayasu,Japan |
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Abstract: | Recently, exercise-induced spastic coronary artery occlusion at the site of moderate stenosis, which Prinzmetal’s angina or cardiac syndrome X does not cover, was reported. Multi-modality imaging is important for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease with a complex ischemic mechanism. However, the previous report did not include findings from intracoronary imaging at the site of moderate coronary stenosis. We report a case of exercise-induced vasospastic angina at the site of moderate stenosis, where multi-modality imaging, including exercise stress echocardiography and intravascular ultrasound, was utilized to make a definitive diagnosis and investigate underlying causes. |
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