Location of focal vasospasm provoked by ergonovine maleate within coronary arteries in patients with vasospastic angina pectoris |
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| Authors: | Koizumi Tomomi Yokoyama Masaki Namikawa Susumu Kuriyama Nehiro Nameki Mizuo Nakayama Takashi Kaneda Hideaki Sudhir Krishnankutty Yock Paul G Komiyama Nobuyuki Fitzgerald Peter J |
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| Institution: | Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. |
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| Abstract: | This study examined whether coronary focal vasospasm occurs in a nonuniform distribution within the coronary tree and whether a longitudinal plaque distribution pattern is present in patients with vasospastic angina using 3-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis. Of 121 patients with clinically suspected angina without fixed stenosis in the coronary arteries, vasospasm was provoked in 82 patients with 92 lesions (42 focal, 50 diffuse) by intravenous ergonovine maleate injection. Most focal vasospasms occurred in the proximal third of the coronary arteries (proximal 28, mid 8, distal 6, p <0.01), corresponding to the historical high-risk zones for acute coronary occlusion. More plaque burden also existed in the proximal third of the coronary arteries in patients with focal vasospasm. |
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