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Coronary artery spasm in the transplanted human heart. A case report.

Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Angiology (impact factor: 1.51). 04/1996; 47(3):291-4.
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ABSTRACT This report describes a patient manifesting spontaneous and catheter-induced coronary artery spasm in a transplanted, denervated heart. This diagnosis should be considered in patients undergoing posttransplant coronary angiography. Intracoronary nitroglycerin should routinely be administered prior to coronary artery injections during posttransplant angiography.

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Keywords

catheter-induced coronary artery spasm
 
coronary artery injections
 
Intracoronary nitroglycerin
 
patient manifesting spontaneous
 
patients undergoing posttransplant coronary angiography
 

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