Does any one know any thing about pinzmantle angina also called vaso spasmotic a!
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Also known as:
Prinzmetal's syndrome
Prinzmetal's variant angina
Prinzmetal’s variant of angina pectoris
Prinzmetal-Massumi syndrome
Synonyms:
Angina inversa, anterior chest wall syndrome, anterior thoracic wall syndrome, coronary syndrome, acute coronary insufficiency, mild myocardial infarction, spasme angina pectoris, variant angina.
Associated persons:
Rashid A. Massumi
Myron Prinzmetal
Description:
An unusual and uncommon form of angina, often with long-lasting attacks, in which pain is experienced at rest and sometimes while in bed rather than during activity. It is caused by total occlusion of proximal coronary arteries due to spasm. Most commonly seen during the night and accompanied by severe disturbances of the heart rhythm. The electrocardiogram taken during an attack will indicate S-T segment elevation rather than depression. The condition occurs without preceding changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Most patients have underlying coronary artery disease, but some have normal arteries. A prolonged attack may lead to ventricular arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, heart block, and sudden death.
See also Heberden's disease (Heberden's asthma), under William Heberden, English physician, 1710-1801.
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It is a condition where the vessels of the heart (coronaries) contract (spasm) reducing the blood flow to the heart. This produces pain, the same pain produced when a coronary is occluded by a clot or atherosclerosis plaque. That pain is called angina. The difference is that this type of angina (prinzmetal) is reversible.
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