Persisting Angina after Successful Surgical Removal of a Large Coronary Artery Aneurysm Attached to the Proximal Portion of the Left Circumflex Artery:Role of Coronary Artery Spasm

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摘要 IntroductionandPatientDescription,Assessmentofpatientswithanginapectorisisachallengefortheclinicalcardiologist.Myocardialischemiaandanginapectoriscanbecausedbyvariousmechanisms,suchascoronaryatherosclerosis,vasospasm,orcoronarymicrovasculardysfunction[1].Moreover,thesemechanismsmayoverlapinagivenpatient,makingitdifficulttodeterminethecauseofangina.Wereportherethecaseofa57-year-oldfemalepatientwithahistoryofanginapectoristhatstarted3monthspreviously.Hersymptomsoccurredpredominantlyatrestbutalsowitheffort.Thepatientwasanactivesmokerwhosmokedabout15cigarettesperday(~20packyears).Moreover,shehadhypertensiontreatedwithenalapril.HerLDLlevelwas75mg/dlwithoutanycholesterol-loweringtherapy.Shewassentfordiagnosticcoronaryangiographyforsuspectedstenosingcoronaryarterydisease.
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出处 《心血管创新与应用》 2018年B07期
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出版日期 2018年02月04日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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