Vasospastic Arrest
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Anna Pfenniger; Laura Davidson; Baljash Cheema; Rachel M. Kaplan; Michael Jiang; Konrad T Sawicki; Susan S. Kim; Graham Peigh
- Source
- JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 611-614 (2020)
JACC. Case reports
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
vasospastic angina
030105 genetics & heredity
Article
Angina
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
sudden cardiac arrest
coronary vasospasm
medicine
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
cardiovascular diseases
Asystole
Normal Sinus Rhythm
Vasospastic angina
business.industry
ventricular arrhythmias
Sudden cardiac arrest
medicine.disease
Coronary vasospasm
RC666-701
Cardiology
cardiovascular system
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-0849
Vasospastic angina is an uncommon cause of cardiac arrest. We describe a patient who presented with sudden cardiac arrest due to severe coronary vasospasm. Telemetry during the event revealed ventricular arrhythmias and asystole followed by spontaneous self-conversion back to normal sinus rhythm. The patient underwent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).