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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) caused by Prinzmetal angina is a rare cause of sudden cardiac death in patients without apparent structural heart disease but should be excluded. Despite long-term medical treatment,… Click to show full abstract
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) caused by Prinzmetal angina is a rare cause of sudden cardiac death in patients without apparent structural heart disease but should be excluded. Despite long-term medical treatment, coronary spasm-induced ventricular arrhythmias may reoccur. This justifies an ICD implantation. However, in the acute setting, only the treatment of the coronary spasm will prevent new clusters of life-threatening arrhythmias.
Keywords:
prinzmetal angina;
angina;
angina kill;
kill twice
Journal Title: Acta Cardiologica
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Acta Cardiologica
Year Published: 2018
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