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Coronary artery spasm-one medical entity with different treatment options

2016; Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia; Volume: 75; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2298/vsp160405385z

2406-0720

Vladimir Zdravković, Rada Vučić, Miodrag Srećković, Ivan Simić, Vojislav Mitrovic, Dragan Dinčić, Slavko Knezevic, Nemanja Zdravković,

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Introduction. Myocardial infarction (MI) is characterized by a critical myocardial ischemia followed by an irreversible myocardial cell damage or death. Case report. We presented two similar clinical cases with the ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) diagnosis due to a prolonged coronary artery spasm, but with different treatment options due to different basic patophysiological supstrates and clinical presentations. Conclusion. Coronary artery spasm is a very complex pathophysiological entity with a different medication therapy management. Although the percutaneous coronary intervention can be the first choice, the treatment strategy should be carefully planned