Coronary Artery Spasm: New Insights

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(a) Fluoroscopy showing a nonsignificant atheromatous lesion in the middle part of LAD in a 42-year-old patient with a familial history of sudden cardiac death. (b) Left coronary angiogram showing a subocclusive focal LAD coronary spasm after the methergin test. (c) Fluoroscopy showing an improved coronary blood flow after intracoronary nitrate injection. (d) Left coronary angiogram showing LAD returned to the basal blood flow. LAD : left anterior descending coronary artery.

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