JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2020)

Coronary Arterial Vasospasm

  • Shingo Maeda, MD,
  • Kaoru Okishige, MD,
  • Yasuhide Tsuda, MD,
  • Ryo Yonai, MD,
  • Tomoyuki Kawashima, MD,
  • Jackson J. Liang, DO,
  • Ruben Casado Arroyo, MD,
  • Mihoko Kawabata, MD,
  • Hirotsugu Atarashi, MD,
  • Kenzo Hirao, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 11
pp. 1766 – 1770

Abstract

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A 75-year-old man was admitted for repeat ablation of atrial fibrillation. At 30 min after infusion of 3.5 ml of ethanol into the vein of Marshall, inferior ST-segment elevation with coronary arterial vasospasm was observed. This is the first report of coronary vasospasm after chemical ablation of the vein of Marshall. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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