Abstract:
:A 63-year-old woman with abnormal Q waves in leads II, III, aVF developed ventricular tachycardia after an operation for thyroid carcinoma. Coronary arteriography revealed no organic stenosis, but acetylcholine induced total occlusion of the right coronary artery and severe narrowing of the left coronary artery. Left ventriculography showed inferoposterior and septal akinesis, and echocardiography revealed slight thinning of these affected walls. She had old myocardial infarction due to spasm. One year later, she developed bilateral uveitis and recurrence of tachycardia. Cardiac sarcoidosis was diagnosed by endomyocardial biopsy. In our patient with cardiac sarcoidosis, the presence of multivessel coronary spasm made the diagnosis difficult and may have contributed to cardiac dysfunction. Coronary arteries are rarely involved, but the development of coronary spasm may be linked to sarcoidosis.
journal_name
J Cardioljournal_title
Journal of cardiologyauthors
Anzai H,Momiyama Y,Kimura Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-08-01 00:00:00pages
85-91issue
2eissn
0914-5087issn
1876-4738journal_volume
34pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
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doi:
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.10.008
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2019.03.011
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2015.07.020
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2019.11.004
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.10.003
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2016.05.013
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2009.12.014
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2011.04.005
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jjcc.2017.07.003
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00