Prinzmetal’s angina refractory to medical treatment
Rudolf Martin Duehmke, Sadia Khan, Jeremy Woodward and Leonard Shapiro
Corresponding address:
R.M. Duehmke, Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridge, CB3 9RE, UK.
E-mail: 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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