JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL
Online ISSN : 1347-4839
Print ISSN : 0047-1828
ISSN-L : 0047-1828
ARTERIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF ANGINA PECTORIS ASSOCIATED WITH ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION DURING CORONATY ARTERIAL SPASM
KAZUHISA KODAMAMASAKAZU YAMAGISHIMICHIHIKO TADATSUNEHIKO KUZUYASHINSUKE NANTOMICHITOSHI INOUEHIROSHI ABE
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1983 Volume 47 Issue 12 Pages 1406-1414

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To examine the angiographic features of vasospastic angina associated with ST segment depression, we attempted to analyze the coronary arteriograms of 12 patients who exhibited ST segment depression during the ergonovine provocative test. Right and left coronary depression during the ergonovine provocative test. Right and left coronary arteriograms were obtained successively within a short period when the ergonovine administration revealed ST segment depression. Eight out of 12 patients showed non-total spastic obstructions in one of the major coronary arteries. Among them, a collateral augmentation was found only in one patient. Two cases exhibited the well-developed collateral channels during non-anginal periods and in one case a collateral blood supply was reduced by the spasm occurred in the donating artery. In another one, the collateral circulation did not change during anginal period. Three out of 4 patients who showed total spastic obstructions demonstrated transiently augmented collateral circulation which was supplied by the non-spastic artery. These findings may indicate that ST segment depression during coronary artery spasm could attribute to a subendocardial ischemia caused by an incomplete occlusion of large coronary artery and transient reduction or augmentation of collateral blood flow.

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