Prinzmetal's angina refractory to medical treatment

Specialty: Cardiology

Article Type: Case Report

DOI: 10.1102/1470-5206.2008.0017

Vol 8

pages 49-51

Prinzmetal's angina refractory to medical treatment

Rudolf Martin Duehmke, Sadia Khan, Jeremy Woodward and Leonard Shapiro

Correspondence Address: R.M. Duehmke, Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB3 9RE, UK.

Email: duhmke@hotmail.com

We describe a case of Prinzmetal's angina that is refractory to medical therapy but responded fully after percutaneous coronary intervention. This case shows that there is a role for percutaneous coronary intervention in refractory variant angina as long as a culprit lesion within the vasospastic segment can be identified.

Keywords Prinzmetal's angina; variant angina; percutaneous coronary intervention

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St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

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St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK