Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Jan 2021)

The Challenges of Treating Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Variant Angina: Lesson from an Interesting Case

  • Wen-Yuan Ding,
  • Jia-Min Li,
  • Fei Zheng,
  • Li-Li Wang,
  • Xin-Yi Wei,
  • Guo-Hua Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2019.1262
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 3
p. 213

Abstract

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Coronary artery spasm can cause recurrent variant angina with ST-segment elevation. The patient was asymptomatic with normal vitals and ECG was normal. We present a case associated with transient ST-segment elevation and significant increase in troponin levels with non-critical lesion with normal CAG.