Published in:
01-04-2018 | Case Report
Significance of intravascular ultrasound and exercise stress echocardiography in diagnosis of exercise-induced vasospastic angina at the site of moderate stenosis
Authors:
Makio Muraishi, Kentaro Shibayama, Masahiko Noguchi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kotaro Obunai
Published in:
Journal of Medical Ultrasonics
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Issue 2/2018
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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.