Significance of intravascular ultrasound and exercise stress echocardiography in diagnosis of exercise-induced vasospastic angina at the site of moderate stenosis

J Med Ultrason (2001). 2018 Apr;45(2):315-317. doi: 10.1007/s10396-017-0815-4. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

Abstract

Recently, exercise-induced spastic coronary artery occlusion at the site of moderate stenosis, which Prinzmetal's angina or cardiac syndrome X does not cover, was reported. Multi-modality imaging is important for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease with a complex ischemic mechanism. However, the previous report did not include findings from intracoronary imaging at the site of moderate coronary stenosis. We report a case of exercise-induced vasospastic angina at the site of moderate stenosis, where multi-modality imaging, including exercise stress echocardiography and intravascular ultrasound, was utilized to make a definitive diagnosis and investigate underlying causes.

Keywords: Intracoronary imaging; Stress echocardiography; Vasospastic angina.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris / etiology*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vasospasm / diagnostic imaging
  • Echocardiography, Stress*
  • Exercise Test
  • Exercise*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional*