Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University: Series Medicine (Dec 2013)

PRINZMETAL ANGINA PECTORIS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: POSSIBILITY OF CHRONO-THERAPEUTIC APPROACH AND LIMITATIONS OF COMORBIDITY

  • M. V. Baeva,
  • A. V. Krotenko,
  • L. A. Martimyanova,
  • E. P. Kamenskaya,
  • S. Alshorman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26
pp. 57 – 60

Abstract

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Prinzmetal Angina (synonyms: vasospastic angina, variant angina) in accordance with the definition of, it is caused by coronary artery spasm which occurs during sleep at night, between midnight and early morning and manifested with ST segment elevation on the ECG. Frequent “attachment” to the attacks of a certain period of the sleep period, gives you the opportunity to use chronomedical approaching the treatment of patients suffering from it, as demonstrated by our observation. On the other hand, for adulthood comorbidity is characteristic, and Prinzmetal is no exception, which we wanted to show, studying the clinical case.